Posting Build Specs in Signature

[bill_mcgonigle]

Hi,

I was trying to follow the Posting Rules suggestion to put my build specs in my signature, but my text kept getting rejected. I spent five minutes trying to whittle it down to the bare minimum to not have any data loss, and it was still rejected. I tried variations on this, with and without CODE blocks:

Current build:

Code:

CPU: AMD A6-3650 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (1996.41-MHz K8-class CPU)
real memory  = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
Manufacturer: MSI  Product Name: A75MA-G55 (MS-7696)
01:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03) 
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) 
04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)

It would be great if the signature field could tolerate technical data.

 

[Ericloewe]

I think it's just a limitation on new users, to help reduce spam. Once you have a few posts and a like or two (I just gave you one to jumpstart that), that'll pass.

 

[Redcoat]

Just gave you a helper on the jumpstart.
Not sure so much data needed in your signature specs but to each his own.

 

[gpsguy]

Welcome to the forums!

btw, you might want to get an Intel Pro/1000 CT NIC to replace your onboard Realtek.

 

[JoshDW19]

@Ericloewe if we want to relax these restrictions we can do that. Do you want to start a dialogue with the other mods and get their input?

 

[Ericloewe]

Well, I don't think we've ever had a spam problem in sigs, so maybe we can do that.

 

[cobrakiller58]

is it even possible to just relax the rules in the signatures section? I remember @JoshDW19 saying permissions in here are a little...... unique

 

[Ericloewe]

They're byzantine, but not inflexible. They're clearly designed by a bureaucrat hell-bent on making everyone's life worse. Probably inherited from vbulletin...

 

[roastbeef]

I have a really cool signature.

 

[Stux]

Need to make sure signsutures can't have links to external website for newbies (don't know if this is already the case), otherwise you will see a bunch of spammers with links in their sigs.

 

[Ericloewe]

Good point, especially if user profiles are searchable by search engines.

 

[gpsguy]

Can you prevent URL's from being used in the subject line? It seems like the spammers like to put their URL"s there.

 

[VladTepes]

Also you should use SPOILER tags not CODE tags