# Testing Signature **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 1, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704 "2007-09-01T05:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/1 "2007-09-01T05:49:56Z")
Message. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/2 "2007-09-01T05:52:21Z")
One more time. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/3 "2007-09-01T05:53:45Z")
Edited Options. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/4 "2007-09-01T06:02:15Z")
Again. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/5 "2007-09-01T06:14:14Z")
Using IE instead of Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/6 "2007-09-01T06:16:14Z")
Avatars? ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/7 "2007-09-01T06:29:06Z")
Rebooted 'cause power cord detached when computer thrown against wall. And why are messages in this forum in reverse order. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/8 "2007-09-01T06:45:52Z")
Okay, things are just weird. I cannot get my signature to show. (and I’ve been able to do it before.) The messages in this thread are in reverse chronological order. Oh! Oh! I see Miscellaneous Options at the bottom of this screen! Could it be? Will it stay checked? Will Luke and Laura… ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/9 "2007-09-01T06:47:04Z")
It didn’t stay checked. How do I make it stay checked? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/10 "2007-09-01T06:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] It didn’t stay checked. How do I make it stay checked? [/QUOTE] You cannot make it stay checked. I feel obliged to mention that we (the moderation staff) vastly prefer that people use their sig once and only once per page. Sigs should not overpower posts. Your sig is nice and brief, so that’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/11 "2007-09-01T06:56:33Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] You cannot make it stay checked. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the input. \ \ I suppose you now expect me to do something actually productive with my computer? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/12 "2007-09-01T06:59:56Z")
Also, if you check off your sig, then preview (as is encouraged) before posting your sig will unclick. So the usual rule is “think twice post once”. With a sig, it is “think twice, don’t forget to click sig twice”. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/13 "2007-09-01T07:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] …your sig will unclick… [/QUOTE] Well, gee wilickers, drat, dang, and darn. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/14 "2007-09-01T07:52:21Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] The messages in this thread are in reverse chronological order. [/QUOTE] Oh! Unchecked that option. \ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/15 "2007-09-01T09:00:43Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Thanks for the input. \ \ I suppose you now expect me to do something actually productive with my computer? [/QUOTE] Well, no, not really. I’ve always felt that what a person and a computer do in the privacy of their own home is strictly their business. Although I do highly recommend Advair Diskus for that breathing problem you’ve got. Works a treat on MY asthma. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-signature/417704/16 "2007-09-01T17:22:16Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I feel obliged to mention that we (the moderation staff) vastly prefer that people use their sig once and only once per page. [/QUOTE] I’m glad this came up. I started using a sig for the first time yesterday. If this guideline was in the etiquette thread, I missed it somehow. You saved me some n00b embarrassment.