Sig sizes ?

86JR

86JR

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So far I have had 4 signatures on this forum. All have followed the rules set out in Gillys "nothing usefull to see here" thread. Yet all of them have been deleted seemingly randomly over a period of time, for being too big (they arent) or too large filesize (they werent). Latest one to go whomever it was left no reason at all.

This is highly annoying, as i only use the sig to tell where I have posted in threads, as i have the max post per page setting active.

As i have recieved no emails or anything, will the moderator in question please tell me who you are and more importantly, WHY you are deleting sigs that do not break any rules ?

IF its some kind of hint that is supposed to say "I dont want you on here" why not just tell me instead of abusing your leet powerz ? :rolleyes:

Thanks
 
I dont have them anymore, i replace deleted ones with new ones as obviously theres something up with them.
 
they were all under 15kb and under 400x75. Some lasted months then randomly got deleted, others days.
 
I had no text on my last one. The previous one was even smaller than allowed with one line of text underneath.

This is my whole point, I didnt break any rules.
 
Werewolf said:
Re the sig sizes, it's down to a number of reasons.

1: Speed - both for people on slower connections (there are still people stuck on very sub par BB), and when your image host is taking it's sweet time serving the file up.
1a: To assist people who may be on a limited data plan for some reason (either budget BB or mobile etc).
2: Neatness - the forums look pretty tidy with small signatures of a roughly uniform size (unlike many forums where there aren't any sig rules, and you end up with huge sigs).
3: Users on lower resolutions, either due to the screen being small, or accessing the forums via some sort of mobile device.
4: Animated sigs are distracting, often annoying, and rarely within the sig file size limits.


It was 1 and 3 that largely prompted the original signature size rule introduction, people having sigs that took up a good part of the screen every time they posted, and some users with huge animated sigs (at a time when BB was 512k cable if you were very lucky).
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Thats all good and fair, so why are sigs that comply with all of those rules and more, such as no vulgar language, explicit graphics etc etc being removed.

I could put up a sig with dimensions within the rules,plain colour 5kb today and almost gaurantee it will be deleted, with no explanation.
 
Well my sigs been deleted again. "Please read FAQ for information on signature sizes".

Well, Ok then:

400 x 75 pixels (width x height) and with a maximum (combined) file size of 20k. Images containing mostly very large words or animated .gifs will not be permitted. You may also add 1 consecutive lines of normal or smaller text directly above or underneath the image with no spaces inbetween image and text.
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My image was 173x75 with a maximum combined file size of 12kb.

2cx9m51.jpg


I dont get it, im not breaking any rules so why the hell are you (mr anonymous mod) removing them ?

Edit, now I see. I save it as 10KB and it saves it as 25. GRRR
 
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I saved the image in PS CS2 - Save As - with a quality of 1 and it said 10kb.

So howcome it is really saving it as >20kb ? How can i save an image to under 20kb ?
 
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