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Originally Posted by Bareon
A catch-phrase is usually a vocalization of some kind placed somewhere within a speech. It doesn't have to be anywhere in particular you see, Nya-haha. It just has to be someplace there. But as these are not vocal in themselves it is a pattern of typing which becomes the catch-phrase, or a habit of typing style that sets one apart from the rest. One such example is if someone was to write their posts out in "Olde English". A signature doesn't necessarily count as a catch-phrase, because it is separate from what you are actually writing... Unless you manually paste it at the end of everything you write.
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Err, no, typing posts out in Olde English wouldn't be a catchphrase. A catchphrase is a particular phrase that is said in an attempt to gain attention, in no definition of it I've ever seen would it include a particular typing style. Typing an Olde English might be a trademark of a poster, but it or any other posting style isn't a catchphrase.
But yes, a signature is different from a catch-phrase unless you manually put it after everything.
I think there should a rule along the lines of "every topic in the request forum isn't open game to make a request for yourself." I suppose if you want it simplified or more concrete, it could be something along the lines of "Only make a request in someone else's thread if an artist offered to take them."
also, "Thou shalt post reference images when making requests in any possible point that it is applicable."