On 6/5/06, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
Well obviously I don't know I'm going to piss someone off until I do.
So you admit you don't really understand wikipedians?
However refactoring does solve a real problem.
With the shear number of sigs out there no it does not.
Of course they'll be pissed off; if they didn't think that their signatures were more important than the discussion, they wouldn't have unnecessarily cluttered the discussion page.
More they don't think they are a problem. If you show that you respect them enough to talk to them about changeing thier sigs they are less likely to be anoyed.
While it doesn't solve their problem, it does solve *wikipedia's* problem. Wikipedians should take reasonable steps to avoid treading on toes, but should not go out of their way to bow to unreasonable demands.
Asking that you respect people enough to talk to them first is not a completely unreasonable demand.