# Samclem, you're wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 27, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349 "2013-08-27T23:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/41 "2013-08-28T14:19:33Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > … **Oakminster** pulling a Yosemite Sam routine (“is that a… is that a threat! Why you… I never… ooooOOOOOOH!!!”). _Ah hates that rabbit_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/42 "2013-08-28T14:50:51Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I didn’t manually enter anything. I’m claiming this as my sig. It sounds naughty. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/43 "2013-08-28T15:27:36Z")
I thought we had to _ **pay** _ in order to have a sig, regardless of whether you were a member or a guest. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/44 "2013-08-28T15:30:39Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > I thought we had to _ **pay** _ in order to have a sig, regardless of whether you were a member or a guest. 😕 That’s a custom title. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/45 "2013-08-28T15:49:16Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > FiGHT, FiGHT!! Nope. Nope. Can’t happen this week. The US and Syria have booked a fight this week. Maybe we can pencil you in next week? Next Tuesday? Noonish? or would you prefer around High Tea? Now as to the accoutrements … Cutlasses or single shot pistols at twenty paces? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/46 "2013-08-28T15:51:13Z")
You know, there are some little kids in Africa that are going to bed tonight without any signature at all. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/47 "2013-08-28T15:55:41Z")
So, **samclem** saw an annoying signature, and reminded him about a rule that was implemented where guests are not supposed to have signatures activated. However, the thread where that rule was created and had the rule entered into the FAQ left us with Ed reactivating signatures for guests for some indeterminate supposedly short term period to allow guests to capture their quotes and such. Apparently nobody ever went back and re-deactivated the sig files for non-members. Which leaves us with the situation where the poster **samclem** moderated was able to do something that was “against the rules”. For fun and profit, **Oakminster** decided to add this to his list of bitches about the mods. Which looks like it might have the side effect of bringing the forgotten rule back to the moderators’ attention, and now Ed might go in and turn off sigs again. Because he meant to, but forgot. Hope that works out for you, **Oakminster**. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/48 "2013-08-28T15:57:08Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Now as to the accoutrements … Cutlasses or single shot pistols at twenty paces? Bazookas, at ten paces. Makes a big mess, but resolves all the conflict. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/49 "2013-08-28T16:03:16Z")
Way to go, **Oakminster**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/50 "2013-08-28T16:06:45Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > For fun and profit, **Oakminster** decided to add this to his list of bitches about the mods. Which looks like it might have the side effect of bringing the forgotten rule back to the moderators’ attention, and now Ed might go in and turn off sigs again. Because he meant to, but forgot. Hope that works out for you, **Oakminster**. Based on my reading of this thread and the linked thread from 2010, I don’t see why it wouldn’t. As near as I can tell, Oakminister has no problem with signatures being a pay perk. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/51 "2013-08-28T16:07:22Z")
I think this is the ideal thread to see if my signature works. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/52 "2013-08-28T16:08:26Z")
Hey it worked! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/53 "2013-08-28T16:09:31Z")
Where’d my signature go? 😕 Arnold Winkelried: ‘glee, I take my hat off to you… at first I thought you were kidding with your cite but I looked it up and it was indeed accurate. (Still in awe at the magnificent answer)’ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/54 "2013-08-28T16:10:54Z")
Now there’s two of them… :smack: Arnold Winkelried: ‘glee, I take my hat off to you… at first I thought you were kidding with your cite but I looked it up and it was indeed accurate. (Still in awe at the magnificent answer)’ ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/55 "2013-08-28T16:18:27Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > You need to get a grip. Good gods. Are you kidding? These are my favorite threads. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/56 "2013-08-28T16:21:17Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > These are my favorite threads. Yeah, you look nice. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/57 "2013-08-28T16:22:50Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Where’d my signature go? 😕 You have to click the checkbox to add the signature for every post. It’s not a one time on or off deal and if you preview the post to verify the sig displays, you have to check the box again when you’re at the editing screen. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/58 "2013-08-28T16:30:09Z")
Damn my signature seems to be gone. I don’t remember if I deleted it or they did. But I’m defaulting to torches and pitchforks. Attica! Attica! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/59 "2013-08-28T16:37:07Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I think this is the ideal thread to see if my signature works. :eek: Reported. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349/60 "2013-08-28T17:15:33Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > So, **samclem** saw an annoying signature, and reminded him about a rule that was implemented where guests are not supposed to have signatures activated. However, the thread where that rule was created and had the rule entered into the FAQ left us with Ed reactivating signatures for guests for some indeterminate supposedly short term period to allow guests to capture their quotes and such. > > Apparently nobody ever went back and re-deactivated the sig files for non-members. > > Which leaves us with the situation where the poster **samclem** moderated was able to do something that was “against the rules”. > > For fun and profit, **Oakminster** decided to add this to his list of bitches about the mods. Which looks like it might have the side effect of bringing the forgotten rule back to the moderators’ attention, and now Ed might go in and turn off sigs again. Because he meant to, but forgot. Hope that works out for you, **Oakminster**. I WIN!!! I had that in the mod-hate pool!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samclem-youre-wrong/667349.md?page=4)