# The Wish List Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498 "2000-06-05T23:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 5, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/1 "2000-06-05T23:08:17Z")
I know that there was somewhere, somewhen, a thread about “suggestions for the new board”, but it’s not anywhere in the last ten days and I wouldn’t want to resurrect something older than that, so here goes. I’m creating this thread as a single place where people can post their suggestions/hopes/wishes for improving the board. To start off: I’d like to see [greek] and [/greek] tags, or something similar, to put their contents in “symbol” font. Anyone who’se ever posted to one of the technical science threads in GQ or the Comments can attest to their potential usefulness. Any comments, or any more suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/2 "2000-06-06T04:50:24Z")
Well, this is something the administration has already said can’t be done with the current vB software, but you didn’t say it had to be a _realistic_ wish… I want the sigs on old posts to not change when you change your sig. Does vB have a suggestion board like UBB did? Perhaps if a hundred or so requests were made… _evil grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/3 "2000-06-06T11:56:10Z")
**Kat,** I think **Tuba** already said in the Sig Thread that that’s just the way vB is configured, they can’t change it. Bummer, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/4 "2000-06-06T12:02:13Z")
[All suggestions for the new MB here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23283) And no, I’m not really awake yet (how could you tell?) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/5 "2000-06-06T13:13:50Z")
Okay, now I’m awake, and I’ve been over in the Pit, and Shayna just happened to mention that the sig lines are no longer automatic, and I realized she’s right. You now have to click on “show sig” every time you post? Um, did I miss an announcement? I’ve got my Internet Tools set to not show pictures, speeding loading times, so if there’s a graphic for mailbox announcements like there was with UBB, I didn’t see it. Or is this just another bug surfacing? Sign me, NOT REALLY AWAKE, ACTUALLY Okay, now here’s a definite bug, or at least a potential major annoyance: When you click on Show Sig, and then click on Preview Reply, it _unchecks_ the Show Sig box, so if you proceed directly from Preview to Submit, you _still_ don’t have your sig line. Can you fix that? Or shall we all just have to learn to click on Show Sig _in between_ Preview and Submit? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/6 "2000-06-06T13:18:56Z")
Hmm. And then of course since vB brings you back to the forum after you post, rather than back into the thread, you don’t have any way of knowing that your sig line wasn’t included. Sign me, NOT REALLY AS IRRITATED AS I MAY SOUND Italics have a way of doing that. Bring more coffee. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/7 "2000-06-06T14:30:32Z")
Please see [Should sigs be automatic?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26086), where this situation is discussed. In that thread, your humble sez: > [@](#): > > The way the system is currently set up, sigs are automatically attached to every post you make, unless you deselect that option. > > We’re considering doing it the other way around – if you want a sig in your post, you select that option for that post. > > ::: snip ::: MUCH DISCUSSION ENSUES, INCLUDING SHAKESPEARE, BACON, MARLOWE AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE. > > Sometime next week we’ll be changing the sig option. The change was implemented yesterday, as promised, and now when you make a posting if you want your sig to show in that post you must select the “Show Signature” option; the default is “OFF.” Hope this clears everything up. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/8 "2000-06-06T15:23:49Z")
I may have dozed off somewhere in the middle of the Shakespeare/Bacon thing, which could explain my missing it. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/9 "2000-06-07T03:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > **Kat,** I think **Tuba** already said in the Sig Thread that that’s just the way vB is configured, they can’t change it. Bummer, I know. Um, yeah, hence my disclaimer: “this is something the administration has already said can’t be done with the current vB software”. Posting before your morning coffee? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wish-list-thread/21498/10 "2000-06-07T13:04:53Z")
Yeah. \<\< sigh \>\> Some people post while alcohol-impaired; I post while caffeine-deprived. [insert graphic of grouchy bear crawling out of den, heading for coffeepot]