Signature Guidelines for M & L and LT TTC It is really important that you read this

[Inanna]

The Moderation team here at Belly Belly have compiled some signature guidelines for use in the Miscarriage and Loss and Long Term Trying To Conceive Forums. These guidelines are in an effort to be as sensitive as possible to those in these forums.
[COLOR="Red"]These guidelines are in effect immediately and are for all threads in the said forums with the exception of the Pregnancy and Parenting threads of these forums.
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In the Miscarriage & Loss threads links to your child(ren) website that fall within our guidelines listed [URL="http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/forums/forum-guidelines-please-read-before-posting/49-forum-guidelines-read-before-posting.html#post1807079"]HERE [/URL]are permitted.
* [COLOR=blue][B]In the [U]LT TTC forums[/U] links to your child(ren)'s website are [U]not permitted[/U].[/B][/COLOR]
* [COLOR=blue][B]The following tickers are allowed - [/B][/COLOR]TTC Tickers without photos of babies, weight loss, christmas countdown tickers [COLOR=blue]are the only tickers admissable in the said forums}[/COLOR] - with the exception being the parenting and pregnancy threads of the above forums.

Signatures with emoticons of babies, breastfeeding, children & pregnancy are required to be disabled in these forums also please.

If in doubt tick "show your signature" in the bottom right hand corner of the text box before you click "Post Reply". This way you can be sure that you don't inadvertently upset a grieving person.

[B]If you have another ticker or a signature that does not comply with the above guidelines you will be required to turn it off prior to posting[/B].

[COLOR=red][B]To disable your signature simply untick the box "show your signature" - you will find this if you scroll down below the text box you post in.[/B][/COLOR]

For members who find all signatures/avatars confronting you can disable them across the board via the User profile page and under Edit Options you can tick if you want to see avatars/images/signatures etc.

We understand this can be difficult to remember at times but we ask that you get in the habit of doing this so we can be sensitive to posters in these forums. If you do not remove your ticker it will be edited out. Repeatedly dismissing these guidelines will incur an infraction. [COLOR=blue][B]For more on infractions see [url=http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/forums/messages-bellybelly/38451-all-members-please-read-infractions.html] HERE [/url][/B][/COLOR].

Most "older" members are aware that we have had similar policies for a long time now on Belly Belly - however with many new members we feel it's important to set guidelines.

Please be mindful of this when replying to all posts in the [COLOR=blue][B]Miscarriage & Loss & in the Long Term Trying to Conceive forums[/B][/COLOR].

As with all decisions made by the Administration and Moderating team - this is a united decision. We ask that members gracefully accept this as a rule of our community. Debating with regard to this on the boards will be infracted & posts removed - we ask that members step outside their circle and accept that many find pregnancy and baby tickers upsetting after loss. Those that disagree are by far in the minority.

Thankyou for your consideration & understanding.
The Belly Belly Moderation Team.

[Bathsheba]

I totally understand and agree with this policy. But I didn't think it was possible to turn off your ticker for selected posts only. I thought it was an "all or nothing" function.... a bit like the green rep squares. So just to clarify: it IS possible to turn off your ticker for a specific post only and it will still remain visible in all your other posts?

ETA: I've disabled my ticker/sig for this post because it's in the LTTC / MC / Loss section... but I'm worried that when I post in another thread it will come back on in here.

[Inanna]

Yes Bath - you just did it with your post. You uncheck the box like you did. Next time you post your signature will be on view...

[Trillian]

Yes it is Bath. If you want to turn your signature off in any forum, you can tick the box at the bottom of the quick reply box on the right hand side, or if you go to the post reply page there is an option for turning off your signature if you scroll down the page. It will say 'show your signature'. It will then turn off your signature for that post only, but it will be viewable in any other post you make elsewhere on the forum.

ETA - if you do happen to forget to do it, you can go back and edit it out via the edit function. So you go "edit' 'go advanced" and then there is an option towards the bottom of the page for 'show your signature' just uncheck that box and then save the changes.

ETA #2 - Bath, if you do it for each post when you post a reply, then it only applies to the post you are doing, but if you go via the user panel and do it that way, it will turn it off for all posts across the entire forum

[~Trish~]

Bath - If you unticked "Show your signature" it will only apply to this post and will not reappear later

[Bathsheba]

Ahhhh! Your last ETA made sense to me Trill! I get it now! And yes, I can now see that my ticker still shows up in other posts. I think i got confused because once I tried to turn off my ticker for a particualr area of the forum but I did it via the control panel.... I didn't know about it being different if you did it in the area underneath your Reply. Thanks again for clarifying.

[Inanna]

I am feeling frustrated that some of our community are not following these guidelines. It is very time consuming editing out your signatures when you do not disable them as per the guidelines.

Please think about how this could feel - to be confronted by a newborn ticker when your baby should be that age - or rolling baby icons etc etc.

Okay if it doesn't bother you but it bothers many and we aim to keep our site comfortable for the majority.

Please take the few nano seconds it takes to disable your ticker if it falls outside of guidelines when you post in these areas...

Your co-operation is appreciated.

[Trillian]

[B][COLOR=indigo]I would just like to add that if you are not following these guidelines, which although local to this forum, they must be adhered to at all times just as the main forum guidelines are. If anyone does not have enough courtesy and respect to do somthing as simple as turn off a signature, then you will be infracted for it.[/COLOR][/B]

[Trillian]

[COLOR=indigo][B]Come on everyone, we really didn't want to have to update this thread again with another request for EVERY MEMBER to adhere to the guidelines on this matter, but it looks like we have to. Lately there have been many instances where Mods have had to edit out signatures in loss threads so as not to cause upset to those who have the terrible sadness of having to post in here in the first place. It is a simple mark of respect to those that have lost a baby too soon that when you post your condolences that you turn off your signatures for that post only. The Moderating Team does not want to cause any more upset than what the OP is already going through by having to see where we have editted out signatures in their thread. [/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=indigo][B]So please, please, turn off your signatures when posting in these forums.[/B][/COLOR]

[Kazbah]

Just want to thank all the mods who are so mindful of everyone's feelings.

Just wondering if its possible to change this part of the forum to make signatures default to "off" ?

[Trillian]

Kazbah, we are actually looking into that option, but we're not sure if the software can do it.

[Berenice]

What are the guidelines for when you get a new ticker IRT turning tickers off in selected forums? I ask because I've just gotten a new one, and I was looking through a thread in the LTTTC Vent, and my new ticker was appearing there - there was previously no reason to turn off my sig.

I've gone through and edited all my posts in that forum, but I'm worried I may have tickers showing up in some condolence threads - do I go back through 2 1/2 years of posts??

[Trillian]

Don't worry about the ones from before these guidelines were brought into effect , but just remember to do it from now one whenever you post in one of the areas mentioned above.

[Berenice]

No problem, thanks Trill

[Bathsheba]

Hoping that more members are seeing this thread. It seems to be slipping past quite a few members still.

[LizJessie]

I do admit, I use QR and sometimes forget to turn mine off - and honest mistake! Sorry!

[JennaJayen]

Just read this thread... I admit to forgetting to turn my ticker off occasionally, and I'd just like to thank the mods who did it for me on the few times that I forgot to do it myself.

[PumpkinZulu]

Just keeping this thread bumped so others will read it