See "How do I hide someone else's annoying signature?" in Signatures and Node Templates.

What someone puts in their signature is entirely up to them.

How (or whether) you respond to someone's signature is entirely up to you.

I'm reminded of a hobbyist computer network that I was a member of some time ago. Being comprised of people from around the world, it was only natural that disputes would arise from differences of opinion about politics, religion, methods of preparing barbecue, the virtues of superchargers vs turbochargers, etc etc.

People would usually simmer down after somebody (eventually) brought up the two major tenets that members agreed to when joining the network:

1. Thou shalt not excessively annoy others.
2. Thou shalt not be too easily annoyed.

When I find myself getting worked up over something someone has said online, I recall these words and try to act accordingly.

Personally, I skip over sigs and would not have noticed karlgoethebier's sig if roho had not pointed it out.

With all due respect, "we" have an equally hard time with punctuation and grammar errors in sigs.

Trying to have a respectful and civil discussion with Karl (this is what grown ups and mature people do), and some wise guy shows up with this. Perhaps one day this person will also act in a grown up and mature way by showing due deference and respect to others.

"It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

I fail to see in what way I did not show you "due deference and respect." On the other hand, I suggest that, next time, you use a private message to contact someone you want to admonish, and don't pretend to be a group, if you don't think the same is reasonable for you.

Thanks for correcting the grammatical errors in your sig.



The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

I thought about it and jumped to the conclusion that "we" must withstand my signature.

Regards, Karl

"...We would appreciate it if you displayed you political opinions elsewhere..."

Hello roho, i register this and think about it.

It is not the first time i hear this and it seems that my signature had some other unpleasant impact.

But may i ask who is "we"?

Regards, Karl

With all due respect, this is a software discussion forum. There is a time and a place for displaying your political opinions. This is not it.

Liberals tend to believe their views are "normal," so asking for anything else is asking for a favor. He won't change. So, i just mod down his posts when i come across them, as i would anyone with a political opinion where it does not belong. Quite a few monks have outspoken political views, but it is rare that they make it part of their signature.

Other than that, he's a pretty cool monk.

And then there is placing your political views and opinions about others' in the content of your post ...



The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

Cute. :) But in this off-topic sub-thread, i believe that is actually on-topic.