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My banner signature was removed by a mod... why?

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    #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,313 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Donatello wrote: »
    I checked the rules. Basically, my banner linked to a website. there was nothing offensive about either. Here is the pic:



    The picture contained a link to this site:
    http://www.wordonfire.org/The-Catholicism-Project/Trailer-New.aspx

    Why was my signature removed?

    Also, I have seen sig banners on boards.ie which are bigger and wider than mine. Check this one, for instance, which is wider:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=70679357&postcount=3

    Please help.

    It's oversize in KB and dimensions, Insect Overlords isn't.

    The rules can be seen here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1354


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    #3
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1354

    It's too big and it's an image banner containing an advertisement with a link to a site.


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    #4
    Donatello
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Donatello


    seamus wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1354

    It's too big and it's an image banner containing an advertisement with a link to a site.

    It doesn't say anything about advertising on the rules.

    Would it be OK if the banner was a bit smaller?


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    #5
    Ickle Magoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,485 ✭✭✭✭Ickle Magoo


    It does...
    Sigs may contain a simple text only link to other websites, including a business (i.e. www.mysite.com - no images), but a disguised link (i.e. Come buy really cheap electronics here, we're having a huge sale, come on down!) or an image banner to that site is not allowed.


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    #6
    Donatello
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Donatello


    Ickle Magoo wrote: »
    It does...

    So is my new sig OK? It is a pic leading to a Catholic website. It is not selling anything.


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    #7
    Jimmy the Wheel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Jimmy the Wheel


    Donatello wrote: »
    So is my new sig OK? It is a pic leading to a Catholic website. It is not selling anything.

    I'm quickly forming the impression that the Lords of Boards work in mysterious ways, and won't allow any disguised links in a sig.

    Nice sig, though.

    Kinda marries pescatarianism with trinitarianism. Neat.


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    #8
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,812 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    No. It can't be an image linking to a site. It can be text, but not an image:

    "Sigs may contain a simple text only link to other websites, ...but a disguised link... or an image banner to that site is not allowed."
    Donatello wrote: »
    So is my new sig OK? It is a pic leading to a Catholic website. It is not selling anything.


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    #9
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    psni wrote: »
    No. It can't be an image linking to a site. It can be text, but not an image:

    "Sigs may contain a simple text only link to other websites, ...but a disguised link... or an image banner to that site is not allowed."

    By that same line are a lot of sigs not breaking the rules (e.g. images linking to forums here on boards, "Ask me anything" linking to Formspring etc etc).


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    #10
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    TouchingVirus wrote: »
    By that same line are a lot of sigs not breaking the rules (e.g. images linking to forums here on boards, "Ask me anything" linking to Formspring etc etc).

    Sigs linking to forums on boards are obviously fine. pics linking to outside forums owned or being promoted by that poster are not as I among others found out last year. As long as the rules are applied as consistently as possible within the framework of how boards works, then I have no issue with it really, despite being somewhat miffed at the time.


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