# Sig lengths getting out of hand

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 17, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985 "2000-04-17T14:55:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985/21 "2000-04-18T21:46:00Z")

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You know signature lines don’t have to be on to include a quote out of context anyway.

You hit enter and paste in the quote at the end of the reply.

Putting a limit on the number of lines or turning it off completely acomplishes nothing.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985/22 "2000-04-19T05:01:00Z")

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I’ll give up my sig when they pry it out of my cold, dead keyboard. I don’t care _how_ long it is.

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Tom~

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985/23 "2000-04-19T10:12:00Z")

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[Yul Brenner] So it is said, so it is done. [/Yul Brenner]

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lengths-getting-out-of-hand/5985/24 "2000-04-19T13:47:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by Mojo:  
> \*\*TubaDiva said:
> 
> Please elaborate on this. If I’m reading your post correctly, I can be booted for posting **anything** that negatively affects the format or setup? Obviously you wouldn’t do it for an accident (i.e. posting a link that causes the page to scroll) but what situations warrant booting for vandalism (or should I post this to ATMB?).\*\*

Well, if _I_ see something that screws up the formatting or setup, I’ll remove posting privileges first and then contact the other administrators/moderators. Posting privileges might or might not be restored, depending on whether we think it’s an accident or not. But I’ll remove posting privileges to prevent the same thing from happening again.

Scrolling just makes me grit my teeth, so don’t worry about having your privileges removed for THAT. The first time, at least. You usually have to WORK at messing up the format or settings, though, it’s not something that is likely to be an accident.

Lynn

Queen of the Pit

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