[BasketofPuppies]

Originally posted by tooki:
Inline images may not be wider than 480 pixels, nor taller than 720 pixels, UNLESS the thread title includes "Picture Thread", "JPEG Orgy" or something to that effect.

562 * 339 pixels

Nothing in this thread's title about orgies or pictures.

[Zimphire]

I fully expect Demon to get a private message from tooki threatening a bannination if he goes against the pic guideline again.

[MindFad]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I fully expect Demon to get a private message from tooki threatening a bannination if he goes against the pic guideline again.

I am thumb-upping Zimphire's post.

I got yelled at for much less.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I fully expect Demon to get a private message from tooki threatening a bannination if he goes against the pic guideline again.

Amen to that as well...

tooki enjoys spamming my PM box/e-mail after each offense.

[dreilly1]

Have you ever seen a cop pulled over by another cop?

Didn't think so.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by dreilly1:
Have you ever seen a cop pulled over by another cop?

Only at Krispy-Kreme...

[dcolton]

Rules? More like guidelines.

[dreilly1]

Originally posted by gorickey:
Only at Krispy-Kreme...

[Randman]

I believe basket of pups is violating the guidelines on inline images. I would expect him to get a nasty pm from tooki now as well as this thread being locked.

[Demonhood]

I answer to no man or beast!!!

[KrazyEvilGoat]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
I answer to no man or beast!!!

He has a point there.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
I answer to no man or beast!!!

Does the "beast" part take care of answering to women as well?

Just wondering.

[no man or beast]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
I answer to no man or beast!!!

Please follow the guidelines.

You have been warned.

[gerbnl]

Originally posted by no man or beast:
Please follow the guidelines.

You have been warned.

Hehe, it worked! He chickened the original image to a decent size!

[Zimphire]

[soul searching]

Originally posted by Zimphire:

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
I answer to no man or beast!!!

Well, I guess BasketofPuppies is neither then...as you did listen...

[thePurpleGiant]

Originally posted by gorickey:
tooki enjoys spamming my PM box/e-mail after each offense.

I just got my first 'Image Width' PM. I think it would be nice if tooki put more thought into personalising them. I felt like I got exactly the same PM as everyone else, copied and pasted in. It's like getting a photocopied 'Christmas' letter with your name written in at the top. Just not as special as it could be

[philzilla]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:

562 * 339 pixels

Nothing in this thread's title about orgies or pictures.

i'm quoting this. oooooh.

[andi*pandi]

down, tiger.

[tooki]

To you guys who think you're somehow being wronged by receiving a PM from me re: Inline images:

The rules are clear, and they're non-negotiable. If you don't like them, you can go elsewhere, where any-size images and sigs are allowed. The rules are there to promote readability (in the case of image width) or download size (the JPEG Orgy warnings).

If you choose to ignore the rules, then you will get a warning. If violations of the rules continue, then you may lose posting privileges.

Note that my messages are form letters: I fill in the blanks with the appropriate pixel sizes and send it off. If I have added a personal message, it will be marked as such.

tooki

[Dale Sorel]

Originally posted by tooki:
The rules are clear, and they're non-negotiable. If you don't like them, you can go elsewhere, where any-size images and sigs are allowed.

I guess you mean like any other board on the entire Internet

I guess that makes this place... special

This board's Nazi image size limits are really lame

[tooki]

They are there for a reason. If you don't like them, GO TO ANOTHER FORUM!

We don't want ours degenerating into a juvenile, image-laden place where people have 1MB signatures and people post images so wide that you have to horizontally scroll in order to read every damned line.

It's not just "ooh let's be mean and force small images" -- there are well thought out reasons for it, and if you can't appreciate them (I know that some of our more respected members do), too bad!

tooki

[wataru]

Originally posted by tooki:
They are there for a reason. If you don't like them, GO TO ANOTHER FORUM!

We don't want ours degenerating into a juvenile, image-laden place where people have 1MB signatures and people post images so wide that you have to horizontally scroll in order to read every damned line.

It's not just "ooh let's be mean and force small images" -- there are well thought out reasons for it, and if you can't appreciate them (I know that some of our more respected members do), too bad!

tooki

I, for one, welcome our sig guideline overlords.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by tooki:
Note that my messages are form letters: I fill in the blanks with the appropriate pixel sizes and send it off. If I have added a personal message, it will be marked as such.

I got a personal message...WOOT!
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re: "tooki spamming my PM box"

Bullcrap, dude.

I checked my outbox, you've received exactly one "inline images" message from me, ever, including the one yesterday.

So don't go around lying that I "spam", cuz it's not true.

If you've got a problem with me, take it up with me, don't lie publicly. If you continue, I will not hesitate to rid the forums of you.

tooki
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[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by gorickey:
Amen to that as well...

tooki enjoys spamming my PM box/e-mail after each offense.

Tooki certainly has been aggressive lately.

[OH-N'omac]

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
Tooki certainly has been aggressive lately.

Low cholesterol maybe, that or subtle developmental impairment can often be the cause. I would have posted an image here, but I'm just getting this user name broken in and any little thing might make an aggressive person snap.

[Zimphire]

I have no problems with sig guidlines and the such. But to threaten to ban someone when they posted a image in an image thread, just because said thread didn't say "Image" or "pic loaded" or whatever is going a bit far.

We all have our irrational obsessions though.

[dampeoples]

I'm appreciative of the guidelines, there is nothing worse than a forum with no restrictions and 1000X200 sig images on slow servers

[thePurpleGiant]

Originally posted by tooki:
To you guys who think you're somehow being wronged by receiving a PM from me

I don't man, I just forgot about them when posting an image, thought getting a PM about it was funny

[demograph68]

This is getting lame. Tooki is right. Big ****ing deal. OMG, IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD!

[MacGorilla]

[quote]If you've got a problem with me, take it up with me, don't lie publicly. If you continue, I will not hesitate to rid the forums of you.
tooki[/quote}

So take that! Pfffffpt!

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by demograph68:
This is getting lame. Tooki is right. Big ****ing deal. OMG, IT"S THE END OF THE WORLD!

I don't think anyone is complaining about pic size guidelines for non-pic threads. I think we can all agree there should be one.

I think think both sides have over-reacted a bit here.

[tooki]

I do not threaten banning for a single image violation.

It is repeated violations (of any kind) that merit banning.

tooki

[Zimphire]

I've only been messaged once about an image violation and got threatened by a ban.

And it was in a thread about pics of bad wrecks..

Yes you mentioned the thread derailing (Even though it had nothing to do with the case in point)

I just think people are mentioning that lately, you seem like you have a telephone poll logged in your rear.

Your reaction to the wreck thread was clearly a "knee-jerk" over-reacting one.

So yes, image guidelines are good.

Getting irrationally pissy with people because they posted a image a few pixels bigger than the guidelines in a image thread is not.

[tooki]

Did you read the second line of my post just above?

You have had multiple warnings over various violations.



tooki

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by tooki:
Did you read the second line of my post just above?

You have had multiple warnings over various violations.



tooki

Did you not read the 3rd line in mine? Seriously tooki, you over-react to certain things.

Like I said before, we all have our obsessions.

[tooki]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I just think people are mentioning that lately, you seem like you have a telephone poll logged in your rear.

Your reaction to the wreck thread was clearly a "knee-jerk" over-reacting one.

Did that thread have a "picture thread" warning in its name? No.
Were there multiple images in violation of the rules? Yes.

How is there any confusion? The rules are CLEARLY posted, it should not surprise you that I enforce them. I send PMs because some people seem to forget, or have somehow overlooked the announcement with the rules.

tooki

[tooki]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Did you not read the 3rd line in mine? Seriously tooki, you over-react to certain things.

Like I said before, we all have our obsessions.

I responded before you edited your post the first time.

How is strictly enforcing the rules an obsession?

tooki

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by tooki:
Did that thread have a "picture thread" warning in its name? No.
Were there multiple images in violation of the rules? Yes.

Does it really need one? It was obvious that is what is was. If no one was spamming the thread, or derailing it....

How is there any confusion? The rules are CLEARLY posted, it should not surprise you that I enforce them. I send PMs because some people seem to forget, or have somehow overlooked the announcement with the rules.

tooki

I am saying the rules are a bit anal retentive.

[tooki]

Response to the second edit of this post:

Originally posted by Zimphire:
So yes, image guidelines are good.

Getting irrationally pissy with people because they posted a image a few pixels bigger than the guidelines in a image thread is not.

I am not "pissy" at all. When i see an oversize image, I edit it out, add the standard boilerplate message to the post, and send a standard boilerplate PM. How on earth do you read "pissyness" into that?!? ::

Secondly, it was not an image thread: it did NOT contain any such thing in the title, which is the determining factor. If a thread does not already contain "JPEG orgy", "picture thread" or something to that effect in the title, it is not an image thread. There is no provision for "de facto" image threads. If anyone sees a thread that they believe should have its title edited to make it an image thread, they may contact an admin or moderator and ask that it be changed.

tooki

[Zimphire]

No, not anal or pissy at all. You are right. :/

[Face Ache]

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[tooki]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
am saying the rules are a bit anal retentive.

Well then too bad. They're not being changed just for you.

The rules were carefully thought out, including doing actual pixel measurements to find the maximum image width that does not create (when quoted) a text line that is too long for comfort. The rules were also designed to be considerate of the still-substantial numbers of users who connect using dialup, and the increasing number of people who connect wirelessly.

tooki

[Zimphire]

Tell me tooki, you saw that one thread WAS indeed a picture thread. Instead of going around editing about 7 posts and harassing people in pvt message, wouldn't it have been easier just to put "JPEG orgy", "picture thread" or something to that effect in the title?

Originally posted by tooki:
Well then too bad. They're not being changed just for you.

It's just not me that is complaining...

A lot of people have complained beforehand.

But... I think your last little stunt upset more than a few people.

[tooki]

People need to learn that there are rules here, and that there are reasons for them.

That's why I exactly won't do that.

If we cater to the lazy and lame, nobody will do anything here to keep it nice.

That's why I no longer move misplaced threads, I close them -- people were lazy and posted in the wrong place, because "the mods can just move it". (It also takes several more clicks to move than to close.)

That's why I don't answer people's silly questions that they could have answered with the most rudimentary google search.

tooki

[tooki]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
It's just not me that is complaining...

A lot of people have complained beforehand.

But... I think your last little stunt upset more than a few people. [/B]

So enforcing the rules is a "stunt" now.

How much clearer can I get: THERE ARE RULES, AND I WILL ENFORCE THEM!

How difficult a concept is this?!?

tooki

[Zimphire]

Yes tooki, you'll show us who is boss!

People make mistakes/forget sometimes. It happens.

[Face Ache]

Originally posted by tooki:
THERE ARE RULES, AND I WILL ENFORCE THEM!

MUAHAHA!

Silly rule.

[BasketofPuppies]

tooki, quit the low-carb diet. It's making you jumpy.

While I do respect the inline image guidelines, it seems to me that tooki is the only administrator who cares about enforcing them - with one exception.

So, is it possible, at the server end, to replace all attempted postings of violating inline images with links? Not only would it save tooki a lot of time, it would also make him a more pleasant person.

Another thing, this was supposed to be a humor thread. Something happened between when I left to go grocery shopping and when I got back.