Signature Rules - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 08-31-2004, 08:00 PM

Signatures are a wonderful way to personalize your posts with a remark, quote, or saying that truly represents you or your current state of mind. I've always enjoyed the way our members express themselves with their signatures, but we have a few long-standing guidelines that I feel now need to be enforced.

Starting now (or very soon), signatures with political or religious statements or sentiments will incur the negative attention of myself. Those statements that I deem to belong to either category will result in a PM from me or my ever-vigilant moderators requesting, no, requiring, that the offending remarks be removed.

Political and religious opinions are freely discussed on almost every Tolkien forum out there, but not this one. We stick to Middle-earth. So, change your sigs now or I will be calling.

This is not an effort to censure opinions. It is a strategy to diffuse the situations that such potentially inflammatory remarks may create. No one comes to the Downs to talk about their deity or choice for political office, so I see no reason for us to share our opinions on those subjects here.

Thanks for your support.

Hookbill the Goomba · 09-01-2004, 04:01 AM

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signatures with political or religious statements or sentiments will incur the negative attention of myself.

Would that include a statement actually made by Tolkien? Tolkien was, as we all know, very religious himself, and many would argue that it played a large role in the inspiration for the mythology. InklingElf has this as a signature;

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"God is the Lord, of angels, and of men-and of elves."--J.R.R. Tolkien

Would that be benned?

HerenIstarion · 09-01-2004, 10:17 AM

slightly off to the side, but is the 3-line restriction still on?

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-01-2004, 10:29 AM

Yes, it is, HI. I don't always notice all signatures that are longer than three lines, but when I do, I PM the members, asking them to reduce the length.

Amanaduial the archer · 09-01-2004, 11:16 AM

Would quotes from religious scripture or concerning religious scripture be allowed? There are a fair number of Downers who have Bible passages in their signatures - some just poetic ones. Would they not be allowed, even if they didn't specifically mention God?

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 09-01-2004, 11:22 AM

There is nothing wrong with a moral message in a signature, but I'm not wanting to see any Jesuses, Allahs, Kerrys, or Bushes.

08-31-2004, 08:00 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Signature Rules Signatures are a wonderful way to personalize your posts with a remark, quote, or saying that truly represents you or your current state of mind. I've always enjoyed the way our members express themselves with their signatures, but we have a few long-standing guidelines that I feel now need to be enforced. Starting now (or very soon), signatures with political or religious statements or sentiments will incur the negative attention of myself. Those statements that I deem to belong to either category will result in a PM from me or my ever-vigilant moderators requesting, no, requiring, that the offending remarks be removed. Political and religious opinions are freely discussed on almost every Tolkien forum out there, but not this one. We stick to Middle-earth. So, change your sigs now or I will be calling. This is not an effort to censure opinions. It is a strategy to diffuse the situations that such potentially inflammatory remarks may create. No one comes to the Downs to talk about their deity or choice for political office, so I see no reason for us to share our opinions on those subjects here. Thanks for your support. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

09-01-2004, 10:17 AM	#3
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	slightly off to the side, but is the 3-line restriction still on? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-01-2004, 10:29 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Yes, it is, HI. I don't always notice all signatures that are longer than three lines, but when I do, I PM the members, asking them to reduce the length. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-01-2004, 11:16 AM	#5
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	Would quotes from religious scripture or concerning religious scripture be allowed? There are a fair number of Downers who have Bible passages in their signatures - some just poetic ones. Would they not be allowed, even if they didn't specifically mention God? __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

09-01-2004, 11:22 AM	#6
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	There is nothing wrong with a moral message in a signature, but I'm not wanting to see any Jesuses, Allahs, Kerrys, or Bushes. __________________ The Barrow-Wight