Rules Ressurrected!

[TrumanGrace]

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.

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."