An asterisk is too generic for my tastes, and “Crocker’s rules” too specific, for me to like this mapping from one to the other. It would prevent us from using the asterisk for some other purpose in the future, and it would privilege the signalling of Crocker’s rules more than other signallings that we may desire to use.
Now a very small, almost unobtrusive icon indicating “crocker’s rules” (what would an image indicating Crocker’s Rules be like, btw?) is more specific, and we could eventually add more/different icons as needed to signal whatever. (not near the handle, preferably, as it would get crowded, but perhaps at the top right corner of the posts in question? or something like that.
An asterisk is too generic for my tastes, and “Crocker’s rules” too specific, for me to like this mapping from one to the other. It would prevent us from using the asterisk for some other purpose in the future, and it would privilege the signalling of Crocker’s rules more than other signallings that we may desire to use.
Now a very small, almost unobtrusive icon indicating “crocker’s rules” (what would an image indicating Crocker’s Rules be like, btw?) is more specific, and we could eventually add more/different icons as needed to signal whatever. (not near the handle, preferably, as it would get crowded, but perhaps at the top right corner of the posts in question? or something like that.
A punching bag.
Either that, or a boxing glove, perhaps.
Or this.
Green jaunty wizard hat to the left of the karma point indicator.
Yes, though perhaps it’d be better placed near the ‘reply’ icon.
Maybe put a ‘C’ on it, too.
Stoic Roman shield with coat of arms of somebody like Sir Thomas More.