SIGNATURE GUIDELINES Options

[Tenacious221]

The Special Ops Forum staff do their best to ensure a family friendly community. We do our best to filter questionable material and foul language. Off site links are required to follow certain guidelines, such as no pornography, drugs or criminal activities. However, while many other websites are not in those categories we cannot be held responsible for links to sites which may contain foul language or suggestive material. Should you choose to follow any link on this forum you do so at your own risk.


SIGNATURE RULES:

• 1. No Adult Content: There are to be absolutely NO NUDITY, FOUL, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, or IMAGES/CLIPS THAT SHOW GRAPHIC VIOLENCE images in your signature. This is a paintball forum. if you want to put some NUDE, FOUL, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, or IMAGES/CLIPS THAT SHOW GRAPHIC VIOLENCE in your signature you can do it elsewhere.
• 2a. Signature Height: Signatures are limited to six lines of text with no images or two lines of text with images and are required to be formatted in such a way as to take up the least amount of space as possible. Text size is limited to size 4 and under, (example of size 4). Size 5, size 6, and size 7 are just too big.
• 2b. Signature images and texts are evaluated at the screen resolution 1024x768
• 2c. Blank lines count the same as a line of text, as does text that is on the same line as an image.
• 3a. Image File Sizes: Each member is allowed up to 6 images not to exceed total file size of 200 KB (204,800 bytes).
• 3b. Image Height: Total height of all images is not to exceed 160 pixels.
• 3c. Image Width: Total width of all images is not to exceed 600 pixels.
• 3d. Image Limitations: Images of paintball markers/guns are ONLY allowed if they are action shots of the marker AND user on the field or a similar style image, or are built into the image in such a way that it's not just a picture of a gun.
• 4a. Other Limitations: DO NOT use "Quote" tags in your signature.
  
  ACCEPTABLE:
  "That was really cool! -SOP"
  
  NOT ACCEPTABLE:
  

  That was really cool!

• 4b. Other Limitations: DO NOT use your signature as a "classified ad." You can LINK to your E-bay sales, BST section items, or online stores in your signature, but you CANNOT put "I got x for sale for $x" in your signature. We have a BST (Buy/Sell/Trade) section of the forum for those postings.
• 4c. Other Limitations: ABSOLUTELY NO derogatory or offensive subject matter in your signature, including (but not limited to) adult subjects, racism, flaming, or gender preference bashing.
• 4d. Absolutely, Positively NO O-U-T-W-A-R LINKS WILL BE TOLERATED. Post an O-U-T-W-A-R or similar type of link and you will be banned and reported, no questions asked.For those who don't know what an O-U-T-W-A-R post is, it is: A form of Internet game/business where users get as many people as possible to click a link that leads to a host site and/or promote registration to the site. Where the users get some manner of receipt such as points, gifts or commission ($$) for the traffic generated, new user registrations, sales completed from their link, etc...
  
• 5. Lists: If you feel the need to list your gear, or other information, remember to keep the list short and sweet. ALWAYS list your gear horizontally as apposed to vertically.
  
  ACCEPTABLE:
  xxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxxx, xxxxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxx
  
  NOT ACCEPTABLE:
  xxxxxx
  xxxxxx
  xxxxxx
  xxxxxx
  xxxxxx

SIGNATURE VIOLATIONS:

• 1. Member signatures that violate ANY of the rules above will be deleted and the member warned.
• 2. EACH MEMBER WILL RECEIVE ONE WARNING. AFTER THAT, THE MEMBER WILL BE SUSPENDED OR BANNED AT THE DISCRESSION OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AN MODERATORS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
• 3. Administrators and Moderators ARE EXEMPT from all signature rules.
• 4. Administrators and Moderators have the FINAL SAY on all signature matters. The rulings on signature violations are NOT OPEN FOR DEBATE, nor shall you appeal your case to another Administrator or Moderator.

Signature rules are subject to change at any time. Please check back often to be sure you are in compliance.

Signatures are evaluated at 1024x768 resolution.

[Landscape Engine...]

If I post my business name and telephone number (Landscape Engineering Services ###-###-####) which isn't a direct relation to the paintball business other than growing grass at a paintball field in my signature I'll violate the rules?
Or post a website to the company (if I ever get around to it).

I'm a proud business owner that plays paintball in WI. Don't take this as a business ad but I can help with a few topics such as Tree/shurb/turf maintenance as I hold a ISA (International Society of Arborculture License), 3.0 Turf and Landscape Applicators (Fertilizer and Pesticide License), AHS (American Horticulture Society), CLT (Certified Landscape Tech License), WLCA (Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association), and so on and so on.

Not going to add a equipment list but a short list of services.

[Maj Tom]

If I post my business name and telephone number (Landscape Engineering Services ###-###-####) which isn't a direct relation to the paintball business other than growing grass at a paintball field in my signature I'll violate the rules?
Or post a website to the company (if I ever get around to it).

I'm a proud business owner that plays paintball in WI. Don't take this as a business ad but I can help with a few topics such as Tree/shurb/turf maintenance as I hold a ISA (International Society of Arborculture License), 3.0 Turf and Landscape Applicators (Fertilizer and Pesticide License), AHS (American Horticulture Society), CLT (Certified Landscape Tech License), WLCA (Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association), and so on and so on.

Not going to add a equipment list but a short list of services.

No posting that business information will not violate the rules since it is a legitimate business with legitimate services other than web traffic/registration generation. As long as the list doesn't go over the 6 line rule you're good to go.

You could post it here for confirmation or any other input regarding it.

[Landscape Engine...]

It would look like this:

Landscape Engineering Services LLC
Land Management and Construction
(262)-490-2883
(future company website)


I just wanted to make sure.

[Maj Tom]

It would look like this:

Landscape Engineering Services LLC
Land Management and Construction
(262)-490-2883
(future company website)


I just wanted to make sure.

That's fine

[DeAdLy RuSsIaN]

Hey, just wanted to get the ok from the mods. My sig is a link to my business website. Let me know what you think

[weeebeep]

since none of the other rules sections will let me post (save for the pledge) i would like to know what happened to the "dont feed the trolls" rule. (you can search it on youtube if you dont know what an internet troll is)

[226]

Sorry for the edit,

I put more thought into the posting, answered my own question. Sorry for the wasted post.

This post has been edited by 226: Oct 7 2009, 06:25 PM