Interpreting Sig rules

[Aegis]

Let's say this was my Sig -


Serving AGD customers since 93, wishing I could beat some common sence into some of them about 5 hrs later.

(cphilip) Cool I am screwing the hellout of it and its getting better!
(Army) I gots boobs! well, little tiny ones, but gosh are they firm!
(TNS2k2) yeah, my ARM really got pummeled
(TNS2k2) I just took it.
(Crazy) Curly
(Crazy) i'd do it with you.

(Miscue) I should have studied genetics and figured out how to take the witch gene out of hoes.
(BlackVCG) Not possible.

(Mister44): dude
(Mister44): SCREW YOU
(Rob_AGD):
(Mister44): i offered to suck his penis


Would I get banned?

[alooney11]

What in tarnation?

[Enemy]

i dont know but im sure we will find out!!!

[TeamNausea]

if this is closed or deleted when u check back yes...if not still probably yes lol but give it a go

[Load SM5]

None of it would get you banned, but the last exchange is a little over the top for a sig. You are'nt allowed to have a paragraph of text in your sig, though. A few lines is fine.

[Blazestorm]

Good ol days of chat... *cries*...

Viagra incident anyone...

[Z-man]

SO IT BEGINS!

TO WAR!!!!!!!

[Steelrat]

So that wouldn't get you banned? I am a little confused about what rules you can break and earn a ban, and which rules you can break, and its okay.

So this is okay:

sexually inflammatory language

But this is not:

[shartley]

[Load SM5]

SO IT BEGINS!

TO WAR!!!!!!!

I hope not. I suspect it is but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

So that wouldn't get you banned? I am a little confused about what rules you can break and earn a ban, and which rules you can break, and its okay.

So this is okay:



But this is not:

As I stated I would interpret the last line as a little over the top for a sig. You'd get it removed from your sig and a get a warning. Despite what you guys think we don't ban for everything. We dish out a crapload more warnings. But circumventing a ban definately gets you a longer ban. I would think that's common sense.

Nope as I said I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's actually legitimately curious. If I simply erase it then no one learns anything.

By the way chat is a little more loosely moderated. You can't really drag chat logs onto the main forums and expect them all to fly just because they were in chat.

[phantomhitman]

most, if not all, of those were in ao chat which is outside of the main forum. i have no clue if the rules transfer over to that, but apparently not. there are a few people that have those in the sigs, and have had them for a while.

[RobAGD]

Also it my Sig.

Its long and it almost never gets posted. Only post that my sig shows up in are older post where I didnt have it turned off. The last part is a bit on the edge and was put there as a joke with Mister44, I happen to love taking chat blurbs and putting them in my sig outta context. Tom has asked me in the past to remove some lines from my sig so I did.

You would be hard pressed to find a somewhat current post from me with a sig attached, unless somehow I just missed it. I turn my sig off. Unlike a lot of peoples sigs you dont see it every time I post in a thread.

You also need to take that into account when you want to pick nits.

-Robert

[Steelrat]

Also it my Sig.

Its long and it almost never gets posted. Only post that my sig shows up in are older post where I didnt have it turned off. The last part is a bit on the edge and was put there as a joke with Mister44, I happen to love taking chat blurbs and putting them in my sig outta context. Tom has asked me in the past to remove some lines from my sig so I did.

You would be hard pressed to find a somewhat current post from me with a sig attached, unless somehow I just missed it. I turn my sig off. Unlike a lot of peoples sigs you dont see it every time I post in a thread.

You also need to take that into account when you want to pick nits.

-Robert

Yes, but its still accessable from the forum, and a part of your AO profile page, correct? It would seem to me that it still violates the rule.

Is it the crime of the century? No, but its fair to point out that such things are over looked in some cases, and harshly dealth with in others.

[RobAGD]

If a sig is never seen, its not pointed out. Ageis likes to bring up things to try and make some kind of point.

I dont go looking for sigs issues, I get way too many damn PM's about them and notes in chat about them.

and to be honest in teh conext that I am using the word penis its not I think a violation of teh rules and I wouldn't edit or ban the user for it.

Load may see a problem and agin you will see how differnt people see the rules.


Is my sig pushing the content rule Yes, IS it Breaking it "I" dont think so. I also think people will make a bigger deal out of it than needs to be because #1 I am admin and #2 they have some kind of ax to grind.

BTW - if your sig is never post and is only seen when people click on your profile I could care less about how long it is. Its when its in every post that it because an issue.

-Robert

[Steelrat]

If a sig is never seen, its not pointed out. Ageis likes to bring up things to try and make some kind of point.

I dont go looking for sigs issues, I get way too many damn PM's about them and notes in chat about them.

and to be honest in teh conext that I am using the word penis its not I think a violation of teh rules and I wouldn't edit or ban the user for it.

Load my see a problem and agin you will see how differnt people see the rules.


Is my sig pushing the content rule Yes, IS it Breaking it "I" dont think so. I also think people will make a bigger deal out of it than needs to be because #1 I am admin and #2 they have some kind of ax to grind.

BTW - if your sig is never post and is only seen when people click on your profile I could care less about how long it is. Its when its in every post that it because an issue.

-Robert

How is "I offered to suck his penis" any different from an acronym like (and I am not supporting the use of this, just posting it as an example) EMBSTC?

And yes, Aegis is trying to make a point, and I think its a good one. The application of rules is inconsistant, and that makes the insistance on supporting certain bans a difficult position to support.