Am I allowed to link to _ site?
- Thread starter King Arceus
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You can link to any PB thread.
dragonexpert said:
I'm pretty sure it would fall under that.
What is the reasoning behind banning Pokemon forum links from signatures?
Items in signatures do not influence discussion and do not lead to spam and rulebreaking. PokeBeach in general seems to be very lax about what can be included within signatures (such as the plethora of terrible MLP gif sigs). Additionally, PokeBeach evidently supports small forums through the existence of the PokeBeach Groups section.
Just seems very backwards to me?
@xxashxx: I think you misunderstood my post, I'm talking about links in signatures. What you have in your signature does not add to anything you might discuss within a thread. You cannot derail the thread topic by what is in your signature.
@6-D: I understand that point, but if people post recklessly to advertise their signature then surely these people are already in violation of a pre-existing rule (don't spam). And if they post without spamming it's not a problem. I also understand that situations are not exactly this clear cut and that people may be reducing post quality but not enough to avoid a warning. But if this quality is deemed unfit for PokeBeach (as evidenced by the existence of this new rule), then it's the spam rule which needs to be enforced on a more strict basis.
Items in signatures do not influence discussion and do not lead to spam and rulebreaking. PokeBeach in general seems to be very lax about what can be included within signatures (such as the plethora of terrible MLP gif sigs). Additionally, PokeBeach evidently supports small forums through the existence of the PokeBeach Groups section.
Just seems very backwards to me?
@xxashxx: I think you misunderstood my post, I'm talking about links in signatures. What you have in your signature does not add to anything you might discuss within a thread. You cannot derail the thread topic by what is in your signature.
@6-D: I understand that point, but if people post recklessly to advertise their signature then surely these people are already in violation of a pre-existing rule (don't spam). And if they post without spamming it's not a problem. I also understand that situations are not exactly this clear cut and that people may be reducing post quality but not enough to avoid a warning. But if this quality is deemed unfit for PokeBeach (as evidenced by the existence of this new rule), then it's the spam rule which needs to be enforced on a more strict basis.
Usually as long as it is in a topic that you are talking about at the time they are usually ok. But if it is directly asking for someone to come see this then that is wrong. It is not backwards if it is not direct XD.
bacon said:
I think it is essentially to stop the advertising of PokeSunrise. After awhile, some members' sigs became only PokeSunrise ads, and it seemed like showing their sig was the only reason they posted. I believe that the ruleis just to be equal and not blatantly antagonize PokeSunrise.
EDIT: @bacon- these are good points.
Are we allowed to link to bulbapedia? I don't see why not, because its a wikipedia, but for Pokemon?
Guy89 said:
Ok, what about images from bulbapedia? Can we post images from bulbapedia on here?
