Confused with ranks.

[Leutnant]

So I see that some of, well basically all of you guys, have ranks under your name ranging from Recruit, to a staff member with General. How does one like me get a rank and/or advance in ranks? Also, hello from the very warm Alaska.

I also see that some and I think most members have sort of like badges under their name, such as Crimea_river. I see ones such as 'D-DAY'. Is there any reason to this or what they are for? And can they be earned?

What I mean by badges lmao.

 

[gumbyk]

View attachment 522220What I mean by badges lmao.

The badges are given for group builds, where participants all build models with a common theme. I'm not a modeller so don't have those badges.

Regarding the ranks - as you participate and post useful stuff on here you'll get 'promoted'. I'm not too sure exactly what the algorithm is. Some members attain specialised ranks, given by moderators for some reason or another.

 

[Leutnant]

Oh alright, thank you. I'm just getting back into modeling, and hopefully by the end of the year, I'll have my first completed WW2 model. All my models so far have been with my father, and not related to any war.

 

[gumbyk]

Here's more info: Modellers Wanted! Group Build Invitation

By the Way - your posts are coming though in blue, bold, italic, underlined and struck-through text. Are you clicking on the formatting buttons at the top?

 

[Leutnant]

Yes, I am using the formatting buttons. Am I not allowed to? I didn't see any rule against it..

 

[Wurger]

Of course you are allowed. But using the way of formatting your text is less readable. Just please stop using of the Strike-through setting. Also the colour of the font can be the default for that purpose.

 

[herman1rg]

All welcome here

 

[gumbyk]

No, nothing wrong with it, but particularly the strike-through makes it difficult to read.

I didn't know if it was deliberate, or there was something going wrong.

 

[Leutnant]

Oh, alright, sorry, lol. I didn't think I could use strikethrough but I did it anyways just to see. I guess I can't. Not like I give two f* ks or not. Doesn't really matter to me, so I won't rant about not being able to use it .

 

[herman1rg]

So I can do this strike-through or not by selecting and deselecting the button above

 

[Leutnant]

From what I understand of what Wurger said, we cannot use it..

 

[gumbyk]

From what I understand of what Wurger said, we cannot use it..

No, you can use them, but formatting like bold or underlining are best for emphasising a particular point, or word.
Strikethrough is best used when you want to deliberately show that words have been removed, but you want someone to know what words have been removed. It doesn't get used very often.

 

[Leutnant]

Oh, I understand now. Thank you, lol.

 

[Wurger]

No, you can use them, but formatting like bold or underlining are best for emphasising a particular point, or word.

Exactly.

Also, have you read my post #6?

Of course you are allowed. But using the way of formatting your text is less readable. Just please stop using of the Strike-through setting. Also the colour of the font can be the default for that purpose.

Additionally I have edited your signature and the About section. Now your text is clearly seen. I would suggest giving up the underline option too.

 

[Leutnant]

I saw that you edited it. I was about to do it when I got the alert that you had done it.

 

[Wurger]

OK. No problem for me. Regarding the green text of your signature.. it looks good but you may omit the underline setting there . I would suggest using of bigger size for the font . I would say one or two points more.

 

[Leutnant]

Gimme all the points you can! I'll put 'me to use possibly.

 

[Wurger]

OK. I have set the font size for the siggy as the "4". The "6" seems to be too large while the "3" too small. So if you want you may set it at 5 as well. But the current size looks good to me.

 

[Leutnant]

Thank you! I like it!

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.