# Signatures **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 27, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367 "2009-10-27T23:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/1 "2009-10-27T23:16:46Z")
Is there a way to make your sig show up with every post, instead of “whenever I remember to check the box that I almost never notice”? I would really like to clear up any lingering questions about my gender. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/2 "2009-10-27T23:44:11Z")
Nope, sorry, you have to remember to click it every time. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/3 "2009-10-28T00:01:04Z")
Plus TPTB only like people showing their sig once per page, per topic. : p ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/4 "2009-10-28T00:01:22Z")
bah, simulpost. But you could do a “Ask the Girl Other Posters Mistake for a Guy” thread to clear things up and/or have a few laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/5 "2009-10-28T00:04:19Z")
Some people use their locations or other parts of their profile field to clear up that kind of confusion. The default for signatures is off, and the staff here has always asked people to use the sigs no more than once per thread. Seeing them with every post gets a little annoying, frankly. ---
**Author:** ![Polyperchon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Polyperchon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polyperchon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/6 "2009-10-28T02:11:44Z")
You can manually type “Malleus, Incus, Stapes! (I’m female, yo!)” or some such at the end of each of your posts as a sort of pseudo sig, if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/7 "2009-10-28T02:13:02Z")
> [@Polyperchon](#): > > You can manually type “Malleus, Incus, Stapes! (I’m female, yo!)” or some such at the end of each of your posts as a sort of pseudo sig, if you like. And then get Pitted for it less than a week later. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polyperchon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Polyperchon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polyperchon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/8 "2009-10-28T02:16:16Z")
All the better to get the word out she’s a woman? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/9 "2009-10-28T02:25:25Z")
Hmmm, you might be on to something here. I could use a little publicity myself to also get my gender a little more correctly known. Nevermind how often I feel like I say I’m a guy, or things I’m doing with girls or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/10 "2009-10-28T10:34:11Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Hmmm, you might be on to something here. I could use a little publicity myself to also get my gender a little more correctly known. Nevermind how often I feel like I say I’m a guy, or things I’m doing with girls or whatever. Wait… you’re a _guy_? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/11 "2009-10-28T12:22:16Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Is there a way to make your sig show up with every post, instead of “whenever I remember to check the box that I almost never notice”? I would really like to clear up any lingering questions about my gender. Change your user name to **Malleus, Incus, Stapes, Ovaries!**? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/12 "2009-10-28T16:03:37Z")
Do remember that, in grammatical English, “he” is the default singular pronoun when gender is unknown (or when using singular pronoun involved with a group of people.) I know, it’s sexist as hell, but it’s a tradition. Using “they” as the singular pronoun seems wrong. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/13 "2009-10-28T16:30:39Z")
Or you could just append the following to every post: Regards, A female 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/14 "2009-10-28T17:07:32Z")
Is this really a problem, or are you just ON YOUR PERIOD?! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/15 "2009-10-28T17:49:08Z")
You could re-write and parody part of the Wizard of Oz, casting yourself as the Scarecrow, and sing “If I only had a dong”… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/16 "2009-10-28T17:55:38Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Do remember that, in grammatical English, “he” is the default singular pronoun when gender is unknown (or when using singular pronoun involved with a group of people.) I know, it’s sexist as hell, but it’s a tradition. Using “they” as the singular pronoun seems wrong. Well – using “they” as a singular seems wrong to some people, but using “he” as a default seems wrong to others (including me). Grammatical “correctness” is a fluid thing, which changes over time, and traditions sometimes cease to be observed. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/17 "2009-10-28T18:05:55Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Wait… you’re a _guy_? Hard to tell through all those bees. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/515367/18 "2009-10-29T00:26:46Z")
Wierdaaron’s plugin can handle that (if he ever updates the database again). Right now I see an icon on every one of your posts that tells me you are religious. On my posts, there’s also an icon that says I am male. Oh, and sorry I’ve had your gender mixed up for so long! I’ve even called you “Earbones boy” before. Your name is a bit long to use repeatedly in one post. Incidentally, how would you prefer we shorten your name? Heck, that could be a thread. Off to IMHO (since it would sorta be a poll).