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Discuss the new change here.

 

 

 

For signatures with images there will be a limit for four lines of text or 10 lines of text if you put them inside a hide tag.

 

 

 

It doesn't matter how many or how big the images in the signature are - if you have an image then you will only be allowed 4 lines of text (Or 10 if you put them inside of hide tags).

 

 

 

For signatures without images the same rules as before apply.

 

 

 

To give those of you whose signature is above this new limit there will a grace period until midnight (BST) on Tuesday 30th June (72 hours after this post) to change your signature. Any signatures that break these new rules after that period will be removed.

 

 

 

Discuss this change here: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=800004

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Would it be safe to say then, that image + text examples that do not exceed DarkDude's could not possibly be removed (since it has an image and two/three lines of text)?

[hide=My Stats]Attack:86/Hitpoints:88/Mining:74

Strength:86/Agility:76/Smithing:75

Defence:86/Herblore:74/Fishing:78

Ranged:86/Thieving:73/Cooking:92

Prayer:78/Crafting:82/Firemaking:86

Magic:85/Fletching:77/Woodcutting:88

Runecraft:71/Slayer:80/Farming:88

Construction:70/Hunter:70/Summoning:69

Dungeoneering:18

Total level: 1936

295/303 Quest Points

Combat Level: 117[/hide]

[hide=Interesting Links]My Blog

SportsGuy's Short Guide to Ghostly Warriors

Familiarisation Reward Research[/hide]

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Would it be safe to say then, that image + text examples that do not exceed DarkDude's could not possibly be removed (since it has an image and two/three lines of text)?

 

 

 

As long as there's no more than 4 lines of text then the signature is fine.

 

 

 

Even if you have for example an image that is only 100x100 pixels you'd still only be allowed 4 lines of text as well.

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Would it be safe to say then, that image + text examples that do not exceed DarkDude's could not possibly be removed (since it has an image and two/three lines of text)?

 

 

 

As long as there's no more than 4 lines of text then the signature is fine.

 

 

 

Even if you have for example an image that is only 100x100 pixels you'd still only be allowed 4 lines of text as well.

 

 

 

This doesn't include/cover signatures without images, correct?

[hide=My Stats]Attack:86/Hitpoints:88/Mining:74

Strength:86/Agility:76/Smithing:75

Defence:86/Herblore:74/Fishing:78

Ranged:86/Thieving:73/Cooking:92

Prayer:78/Crafting:82/Firemaking:86

Magic:85/Fletching:77/Woodcutting:88

Runecraft:71/Slayer:80/Farming:88

Construction:70/Hunter:70/Summoning:69

Dungeoneering:18

Total level: 1936

295/303 Quest Points

Combat Level: 117[/hide]

[hide=Interesting Links]My Blog

SportsGuy's Short Guide to Ghostly Warriors

Familiarisation Reward Research[/hide]

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The rule doesn't cover how many lines of text you can have if some of them are inside a hide tag and some of them aren't, like in my signature. I'm assuming you can have 4 outside and 10 inside?

 

 

 

No, you can have either 10 lines of text inside hide tags or 4 outside of hide tags if you have images.

 

 

 

There are no written rules on numbers of lines with no images however using your common sense to decide if it's too big or not. Although you'd purposely have to go out of your way to make your signature too big with text due to the character limit.

 

 

 

And you can use the preview signature button when editing it to see how many lines it will take up.

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Why? I like keeping track of my special drops in my signature, not only to "show off" but also it is very convenient.

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[hide=Drops]Araxxor Eye x1 Leg pieces x2
GWD: 5000 Addy bar Steam B Staff x3 Z Spear x6 Sara. Hilt x2 Bandos Hilt x2 (LS, Solo)SS x6 (1 LS)
Tormented Demons: Shard x6 Slice x5 Claws x9 Limbs x3
DKS: Archer x21 Warrior x31 Berserker x30 Axe x51[/hide]

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Why? I like keeping track of my special drops in my signature, not only to "show off" but also it is very convenient.

 

 

 

Because some people's signatures were getting too big. There was no rule on what was "too big" previously and there were some signatures that were removed while some others weren't and users were complaining about this.

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Why? I like keeping track of my special drops in my signature, not only to "show off" but also it is very convenient.

 

You will still be able to keep track of your drops. Just put them in hide tags.

 

 

 

As for why: we always removed signatures that were too big or had too much text. What we had a problem with was where to draw the line. These are just the specific rules that we chose so that we could follow strict guidelines when removing large signatures rather than "using our best judgement," which wasn't always the same from moderator to moderator.

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Can something be added about the text size? My sig has 3 lines of text, but takes up very little space because it's size 75 and 85 (I think) and my sig is only 110px high.

 

 

 

Also: The hide tag 'clause' means this 4 lines of text OR up to 10 inside hide tags, right? So if you have more than 4 the rest must be in hid tags? (sorry I probably didn't explain that well, I'm pretty mad right now)

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Can something be added about the text size? My sig has 3 lines of text, but takes up very little space because it's size 75 and 85 (I think) and my sig is only 110px high.

 

 

 

Also: The hide tag 'clause' means this 4 lines of text OR up to 10 inside hide tags, right? So if you have more than 4 the rest must be in hid tags? (sorry I probably didn't explain that well, I'm pretty mad right now)

 

 

 

Text size doesn't matter, we'd be here all day adding up individual pixels otherwise. Although if you do use big text then yes that would be taken into account.

 

 

 

As for the other half, if you have more than 4 lines of text ALL of it has to be inside of one set of hide tags.

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Do the Tip.It provided Dynamic signatures count as images or only outside images posted in signatures?

[hide=My Stats]Attack:86/Hitpoints:88/Mining:74

Strength:86/Agility:76/Smithing:75

Defence:86/Herblore:74/Fishing:78

Ranged:86/Thieving:73/Cooking:92

Prayer:78/Crafting:82/Firemaking:86

Magic:85/Fletching:77/Woodcutting:88

Runecraft:71/Slayer:80/Farming:88

Construction:70/Hunter:70/Summoning:69

Dungeoneering:18

Total level: 1936

295/303 Quest Points

Combat Level: 117[/hide]

[hide=Interesting Links]My Blog

SportsGuy's Short Guide to Ghostly Warriors

Familiarisation Reward Research[/hide]

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wait, I don't exactly get it...

 

 

 

so there cant be too much text in a signature ?

 

 

 

you mean visible text or like the actuall "code for it".

 

 

 

is mine acceptable ?

 

 

 

other than that -- I think it's a good idea -- [if i think what I think it means.]

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Do the Tip.It provided Dynamic signatures count as images or only outside images posted in signatures?

 

Those are images, so they count as images in this rule ;)

 

 

 

wait, I don't exactly get it...

 

 

 

so there cant be too much text in a signature ?

 

 

 

you mean visible text or like the actuall "code for it".

 

 

 

is mine acceptable ?

 

 

 

other than that -- I think it's a good idea -- [if i think what I think it means.]

 

Your text is one line so it's perfectly fine. Although you have several words, they all fit on one line. What we're focusing on with this rule is LINES of text, so that would be visible text.

 

 

 

Here's your signature, which is acceptable (I left out the links because I was lazy):

 

 

 

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Tip.It Times | Varrock Library | APOD | Music, Movies & Television

 

 

 

And here's an example of an unacceptable signature:

 

 

 

EagleNebula_IAZA.png

 

This is my signature.

 

My RuneScape username is: tripsis

 

I also play Lord of the Rings Online sometimes.

 

I am a Tip.it Global Moderator.

 

Feel free to send me a private message if you have any questions.

 

You can also visit me on deviantART as cazzyae.

 

 

 

Your signature had one image and one line of text. My second example had one image and SIX lines of text. But our limit on lines of text WITHOUT HIDE TAGS is only four lines of text, so my second example exceeds the limit. But I could make the second signature acceptable by putting the text in hide tags, because if you do that, you are allowed 10 lines of text. Does that make sense?

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And now compfreak isn't here to celebrate ::'

 

 

 

Its a needed rule imo, good to see it come in.

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So mine's still okay, right?

 

 

 

1 line for stats sig.

 

4 lines for random goals, hidden.

 

 

 

Just to make sure..

ms_julie.png

jafjepediasig.jpg

 

 

angel2w.gif Tip.It Website Crew Leader

[hide=Quotes]

I love it how Jafje comes outa nowhere and answers my questions

Hehe now we know what real life does...drugs, drugs, more drugs. Thank god we are addicted to something that won't kill us.

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So mine's still okay, right?

 

 

 

1 line for stats sig.

 

4 lines for random goals, hidden.

 

 

 

Just to make sure..

 

 

 

Yeah, I think so. :|

 

Okay, thanks. :P

 

 

 

Edit: I changed my sig to 2 lines for stats and goal, 2 lines hidden for colour and link.

 

I suppose that's fine too?

ms_julie.png

jafjepediasig.jpg

 

 

angel2w.gif Tip.It Website Crew Leader

[hide=Quotes]

I love it how Jafje comes outa nowhere and answers my questions

Hehe now we know what real life does...drugs, drugs, more drugs. Thank god we are addicted to something that won't kill us.

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Does my qoute in my sig count as 1 or 2 lines?

J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff movies

Je trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vie

Je ne me reconnais plus dans les gens

Je suis juste un cas désespérant

Et comme personne ne viendra me réclamer

Je terminerai comme un objet retrouvé

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