Signature question...how much is 5 lines?

[D.Pham00]

So, it looks like a mod/admin found my sig to be over the 5 line limit. So, i think some clarification is needed. Reason i ask is because when i change the sig, if it is too long, i get one of the two following remarks:

1. Your signature cannot be longer than 450 characters excluding BB code markup.
2. Your signature contains too many lines and must be shortened. You may only have up to 5 line(s). Long text may have been implicitly wrapped, causing it to be counted as multiple lines.

So, i basically changed it to meet these two requirements, so that it would allow me to post the sig. So i should've been fine, or so i thought. Apparently, not so, because a short time after changing the sig, it was deemed too long by the administration.

so, i'd be happy to revise it, but i need to know what you consider to be 5 lines? so, in addition, i request that the administration change the system so that it ACCURATELY tells you when you're over 5 lines and not allow you to use that sig. This is so that i do not waste my time posting a sig that vanishes, and also so as to not waste the time of the mods/admins.

[blued888]

Also have a question.

What is considered an ad because mine indicated [Removed ad]?

[Groucho]

It might help if you showed an example?

[D.Pham00]

Originally Posted by Groucho

It might help if you showed an example?

i would, but mine was deleted, and i don't remember exactly what was in my sig. perhaps the mod/admin who deleted it could post my sig that exceeded 5 lines here, and explain what i would need to do to make it acceptable?

[IDrinkMolson]

Use Goggle search and click on "cached".

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[D.Pham00]

Originally Posted by IDrinkMolson

Use Goggle search and click on "cached".

that was my old sig, not the one that was deleted for violation of the 5-line rule. the one that was deleted here is the one where i had a quote from abrg and supr. i had to modify the quotes several times to get it within the 5-line rule so the system would let me enter it.

[Suprmallet]

I didn't delete it, but on my browser your updated signature was more than 5 lines. I think what did you in was the "Originally posted by" portion of the quotes, and the fact that they were being wrapped around due to you using actual quotes instead of just the text. You could probably get it to work if you posted it this way instead:

"abrg: whine whine
suprmallet: why so serious?"

That way the wrap around will run the length of your sig window. Don't use the [ quote ] portion of it. Does that make sense?

[D.Pham00]

i see, i took the [quote] boxes out. had to take a few liberties with the quote to get it in line, but i hope it's ok now. btw, it only shows up as two lines

[X]

It's very simple to determine whether a signature is more than 5 lines. When displayed, if the signature takes up more than 5 lines on a typical, reasonably-sized monitor (1024 - 1280 horizontal pixels) it's more than 5 lines. This includes blank lines, dashed-line lines, underscore-line lines, etc.

You can't rely on the vBulletin software to determine whether it's over 5 lines because things like new lines can be inserted when the signature is displayed but the forum software doesn't recognize that that will happen when it's entered.

[X]

Originally Posted by blued888

Also have a question.

What is considered an ad because mine indicated [Removed ad]?

Your signature was an ad containing advertising verbiage with 4 links to your commercial website. That is not allowed so it was removed.

[cardsfan111]

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

"abrg: whine whine
suprmallet: why so serious?"

An excellent summary of the signature in question.

[Suprmallet]

Originally Posted by D.Pham00

i see, i took the [ quote ] boxes out. had to take a few liberties with the quote to get it in line, but i hope it's ok now. btw, it only shows up as two lines

You sure did take a few liberties! You can't make it so abrg looks like the uneducated one? My quote looks like it was written by a 16 year old girl texting her friend.

And by the way, I'm viewing this on my television and your signature still shows up as 6 lines, and that's with Firefox filling the entirety of my screen. I'm not sure how you're seeing it as two lines.

[Trevor]

It shows as 2 lines on my 24" LCD, and as 4 lines on my 19".

I agree with Cardsfan that the summary would be better D.Pham.

[Cheato]

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

You sure did take a few liberties! You can't make it so abrg looks like the uneducated one? My quote looks like it was written by a 16 year old girl texting her friend.

Exactly. At the time, I was thinking "I didn't know Suprmallet was a teenage girl." Then I saw the reason for the abbreviations, and thought, "Oh, that's not right at all..."

[Suprmallet]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

An excellent summary of the signature in question.

I fully endorse my truncated summary for use as a signature.

[Spicollidriver1]

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

...

And by the way, I'm viewing this on my television and your signature still shows up as 6 lines, and that's with Firefox filling the entirety of my screen. I'm not sure how you're seeing it as two lines.

I'm on firefox with a 15" screen and it shows as 2 lines for me.

[Suprmallet]

OK, nevermind.

Edit: If the signature only shows up as two lines, than surely you can edit my quote to its original state, with correct spelling and such.

[Numanoid]

Is that sig really worth so much hassle?

[D.Pham00]

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

You sure did take a few liberties! You can't make it so abrg looks like the uneducated one? My quote looks like it was written by a 16 year old girl texting her friend.

And by the way, I'm viewing this on my television and your signature still shows up as 6 lines, and that's with Firefox filling the entirety of my screen. I'm not sure how you're seeing it as two lines.

i'm viewing it on my 20" monitor, which isn't that large these days.

[D.Pham00]

Originally Posted by Cheato

Exactly. At the time, I was thinking "I didn't know Suprmallet was a teenage girl." Then I saw the reason for the abbreviations, and thought, "Oh, that's not right at all..."

i had to truncate it, otherwise it would get deleted anyways. no worries, i used the summary!

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

I fully endorse my truncated summary for use as a signature.

done!

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

OK, nevermind.

Edit: If the signature only shows up as two lines, than surely you can edit my quote to its original state, with correct spelling and such.

i wish i could, but
a) the software won't let me.
b) a mod/admin would delete it again.

[Suprmallet]

A perfect compromise!