Gravitron wrote:And Xander, what does THEME (which except darwinia, they're quite lacking at) has to do anything with enabling AVATARS and SIGNATURES?
Would it be "in theme" if they disabled your private messages in uplink, because, you know, the email function was never really working? Or in Darwinia, since it has none to begin with.
Maybe Uplink forums should have an IRC mod too?
Don't act like a dummy, you aren't one and you know better.
1) The theme of the Darwinia boards includes avatars, and no sigs. The theme of the Uplink boards includes sigs, and no avatars. Theme in a more general sense, not in the sense of the particular style sheet used.
Theme: noun: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.
While we may argue about the artistic merits of a web forum, avatars are a unifying idea that is a recurrent element of the Darwinia boards. The same thing could be said about sigs in Uplink. And, on another note, Darwinia forumites would scream bloody murder if their sigs were taken away, and many would probably complain if sigs were added (I know I would -- they break up the flow of conversation, and I, personally, don't like them). However, the Uplink crowd would probably scream bloody murder if their sigs were taken away.
2) Why should the web forums for Uplink and Darwinia have identical rule sets? What is wrong with the current system? As has already been stated in this thread, if it's not broke, don't fix it. As you are trying to "fix" something, it is incumbant upon you to first demonstrate that the current system is broken. So far, you have failed in that demonstration.
3) Your failure to understand what I have stated is either my failure to communicate it effectively, or your inability or unwillingness to comprehend what I have written. Either way, I am not "acting like a dummy," and resent the implication that I am.
xander
