You receive 30? I receive close to 3 thousand.
Seriously; at first glance I like the idea of a contributor/author tag
for signatures. However; after talking with the non-signature-writers
that still help me write signatures, and thinking about it, I have to
cast a 'nay' vote.
First; most signatures I know of come from a collaboration - like this
community working together to detect something they feel worth
detecting.
Second; I think that 'tagging' a signature certainly gives credit; but
when you're in a 24/7 shop managing sensors and want to get a certain
detect in, to beat the punch and keep your response time up for your
customer, do you really care?
Third, your reputation speaks for itself when you provide signatures to
the community. Generally; those that care and support this effort know
who you are without having to see your name attached to a particular
signature. And sometimes; people in different parts of the world come
up with the same signature, and certainly often improve upon 'draft'
signatures concerned people provide. We don't need 20+ 'authors' on
signatures in our rulesets.
Finally, on this same note; I would like to think that those that create
signatures do so in the spirit of getting the job done and helping
everyone - not for any personal recognition.
These are my takes on the topic.
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