Right. A warning isn't supposed to be funny. You only get one before you get suspended. It's "stop right now, or else."
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DXMachina - Apr 22, 2004 10:39:21 am PDT #7274 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 10:50:45 am PDT #7275 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well then, wouldn't a lighthearted cartoony "Stompy Foot" stamp or logo be the way to go? Because if it's an in-thread warning, it needs to get attention, but not be all grrr arrrgh. If it's a suspension or a notice of being banned, that would be given privately in email anyway, so there'd be no need for a more serious Stompy Stamp. Right? Or did I miss something?
Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 10:51:36 am PDT #7276 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
You only get one before you get suspended. It's "stop right now, or else."
Okay. I misunderstood. Forget my previous post, please.
Gus - Apr 22, 2004 12:14:34 pm PDT #7277 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
OK, all the attempts at Doblerizing have gone before, in the "work it out" phase. If that is the case, then more stern rather than less -- less whimsy, that is. I'll try some degrees of stern then. I don't think any of the current crop are particulalry stern.
Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 12:19:57 pm PDT #7278 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Quicksand warning? Quagmire, from which it is rapidly becoming more difficult to extricate yourself? Warning: Danger Will Robinson.
Gus - Apr 22, 2004 3:32:15 pm PDT #7279 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I added a stern item (#6). link
PenDuffy - Apr 22, 2004 4:11:19 pm PDT #7280 of 10000
I need a new tagline.. submissions are accepted.
I really like 1b and 6. (just had to chime in, they all look good)
Jesse - Apr 22, 2004 4:14:43 pm PDT #7281 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have a question: are we looking for something to go with any official admin post, or just the official warning? Because if it's the first, I like the stamp, just without the word "warning."
brenda m - Apr 22, 2004 4:15:31 pm PDT #7282 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Still like four best, but I like six too. The stamp - for some reason it looks more to me like a 'seal of approval' stamp than a 'stop that right now.' I know that in context it'll be clear, but the image itself isn't, I don't know, threatening enough for me.
Jon B. - Apr 22, 2004 4:49:11 pm PDT #7283 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just realized that the word "warning" is unclear since the image would be used for all three steps of Warning/Suspension/Banning. I still like 2a but how about replacing "Official Stompy Warning" with "Official Stompy Action"?