Thread:CzechOut/@comment-4674838-20120825232426/@comment-188432-20120825235543

Well, as I say, I mostly contribute on wikis where the RTE was disabled by the Staff after a community vote on the issue. So this isn't really an issue except for here. And although you're the first person to comment upon it, I was of course aware that it triggered source mode. It was designed to do so. it was also designed to allow me to independently style the various components of the signature on different wikis. I don't have the same time format at w:c:memoryalpha as I do at w:c:tardis.

My design ethic places a premium on modular design. It may not be what you would do, but — and I'm not trying to be contrary here —  I simply like having the time stamp independent of the signature itself.

Moreover, as far as I'm aware, the only policy regarding signatures that exists here at w:c:community is that if you have a picture in your signature, it's gotta be of certain dimensions. There's no rule against triggering source mode.

And I strongly disagree with your assertion that it's "helpful" to people here to use visual mode. People come here looking for technical answers to problems. They need to see the source mode. They need to look at a monospaced font, and to really come to grips with the code as it is, not as the visual editor interprets it to be. I am positively doing people a service by answering their questions as thoughtfully and thoroughly as I can, and by forcing them into source mode.

For the kinds of questions that are asked here, it's important to distinguish between a 1 and an l, an O and a 0, to see that  makes something bold'''.

Therefore, while I appreciate the very good intentions in your request, I've gotta decline it.