Forum:Signatures revisited

I made this forum to re-open discussion on a subject that was covered in this thread.

A while ago, I tried to make a new section on the AFD. I had to edit in source mode due to the page containing "complex code". After a while, I was forced to abandon it due to severe lag.

I'm almost positive that this was caused by the amount of custom sigs on the page, especially those with GIFs. If my connection, which is quite fast, was lagging that badly, what must it be like for people with slower connections?

I feel that we need t do something about custom sigs. If they are causing lag, they need to be dealt with PDQ. The way I see it, there are two options that might help:


 * 1) Remove custom sigs entirely.
 * 2) (Perhaps the preferable option) Put restrictions on signature images regarding GIFs or animated pics.

Please take my points into account and discuss this. Thanks. Sgt. S.S. 21:36, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
Restrictions, perhaps. Removing custom sigs? No. Sactage   Give me a ping, Vasily.  IRC  War Room 21:43, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, like I said, that's probably the most preferable option. Sgt. S.S. 21:45, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

I think the best option is to tell everyone, "hey, don't use the custom sig box in your prefs, just type out the damn coding!" (yes I know I'm bein' hypocritical here) Yuri Kaslov  21:46, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

How odd... Didn't you say the way too many GIFs on the AFD page, but when I scrolled down it no GIFs were even there. What are you on about? ← Bravo Five-Nine  Talk 21:52, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

Why on EARTH would you want to remove custom sigs? You can't be telling me that markup uses more processing power than the other version. And sigs barely slow down loading times, pictures are only allowed to be 30px in height, even a 30px .gif image would have no effect on your loading times. The effect signitures have would be equivalent of a paragraph of text. So yeah, these are the only reasons I can think for you conjuring this idea up: Every other wiki I have EVER seen has custom signatures, it is an ability given to you in the preferences list that is used on other wikis to identify YOUR account Bear in mind that your signiture on CoDWiki will be the same as on Fallout Wiki. So yeah, bad idea. Most signitures don't even use pictures, and here's an example: Smuff [ The cake is a lie. ] 22:00, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) You can't use markup,
 * 2) You don't know how to make a sig,
 * 3) You edit on a computer so old it struggles with the internet to begin with.

"it is a CORE ability in the preferences list that is uniformly used across wikia to identify YOUR account" Smuff, I'm sorry, but that has to be the dumbest thing I've ever read on Wikia. It is NOT a core ability. It is a stupid accessory that is about as useful as one of those nodding dogs you can put in a car window. Identify your account? The four-tildes job does that perfectly, why would you make a damn neon-pink-on-a-scarlet-background signature to do so?! Also, I strongly advise that you read these before you write something like that three-point list again. Sgt. S.S. 22:09, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Neither of those policies apply here, especially assuming good faith. Sactage   Give me a ping, Vasily.  IRC  War Room 22:33, December 20, 2010 (UTC)