# Trouble with signature blank lines **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 8, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466 "2000-09-08T05:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/1 "2000-09-08T05:35:52Z")
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the extra blank line after my signature? I know that it kind of rides up on a short post. But what makes it higher on my last post on this thread than the first one? \*\* [What’s a good name for me? I’m tired of bongel already.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=718940#post718940)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/2 "2000-09-08T17:20:16Z")
😕 I don’t see an extra blank line after your signature. (polishing glasses) Nope. Not there. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/3 "2000-09-08T20:26:31Z")
I think what you’re referring to is how the system sets off signature lines from body text. Can’t do anything about that. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/4 "2000-09-09T02:07:04Z")
No matter how short a post is, the stuff on the left is still there, causing blank space at the end of short posts. ---
**Author:** ![Tropical\_or\_topical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Tropical\_or\_topical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tropical_or_topical)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/5 "2000-09-10T00:20:12Z")
And it’s not what the other poster’s said. His second post shows a sig line right at the end of the box. Exactly lined up with “Posts: 40” But the message just before UncleBeer misinterprets him has the motto floating a couple of lines above the “Profile Mail Search…” line. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/6 "2000-09-10T16:25:38Z")
It happened again in this thread \*\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=723717#post723717](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=723717#post723717) \*\* The one starting \*\*Derleth - \*\* is normal. The one starting \*\*OncleBiere - \*\* rides up at the bottom. No, it’s not important, just struck me as surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Majordomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Majordomo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majordomo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-signature-blank-lines/32466/7 "2000-09-10T18:02:01Z")
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If you must tell someone, tell vbulletin. They do the coding around here. And they may have a rationale for it. The address is on one of the recent threads on this panel.