Forum:Misleading signature templates

I'm sure some of you have seen it, regular users who prepend " NOTASTAFF " in their signatures. Although it clearly says they "do not work for Wikia" it gives the impression they are something they are not and would make them seem "more important" than others. It always kinda bothered me but I really didn't say anything until another one was created yesterday. I don't think these prefixes should be used and those that utilize them should remove them, they are no better than anyone else around here. It's a lot more community oriented to make yourself equal to others despite how much you more you think you do than anyone else, how many wikis you edit at, and what flags you have at which wiki. Not naming names, but they know who they are. Not to mention it's especially redundant given actual employees of Wikia utilize designating that they are employed by Wikia. And I'm for certain I'm not the only one who's said something before, I've heard it a couple a times before since people started using them. -- 13:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think that it originally came about because of certain users' helpfulness towards "other wikis" that inherently creating the false impression. The "common misconception" prompted that prefix to became in use.  A lot of general users seeking help are not actually aware that all Wikia staff has the staff image designation.  I'm not saying those "NOTASTAFF" prefixes are good or that they should stay, but I believe they became in use because those people 100% agree with your values.  You guys believe in the same things, you just disagree on the effect of certain actions.  - NOTACANE User:PanSola(talk/edits) 21:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I only shoved mine in after three people were under the impression I was a staffer. But I've removed it to bring back this old sig, so mah point is moot anyway. Yeh.  Guesty - Persony - Thingy  02:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * if dantman wants to put a notastaff in his sig because he's tired of people assuming he works for wikia because of how outgoing and helpful he is, i dont see anything wrong with it. its no more "wrong" then people using 500 bytes of css to style a sig that goes after a 20 char message. --NOTAFEMALE Uberfuzzy 10:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

--  NOTALOLCAT  Manticore   (talk)  14:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * yeah, thats the type of sigs i'm talking about. utter trolop.
 * in the beginning, i assumed in the that the NOTASTAFF was auto inserted by the parser if someone that wasnt on s:Listusers/staff used the  tag, now i know better. meh. --KNOTAGORDIAN Uberfuzzy 14:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)