old.reddit help? I think it is related to either subreddit settings or stylesheet

[u/UatuModerator]

I am new to old.reddit and I've just started to update the look/content for that side of our small fan community -- r/WhatIfMarvel -- but there is text that I cannot figure out how to remove. The text is visible on the sub but doesn't appear to be in subreddit settings or edit stylesheet:

"created by SQL-HackerDev a community for 5 years"

This user/community has no connection to our sub anymore. Any assistance is appreciated!

[u/laeiryn]

That's permanent on any sub, even if the user has since been banned, and can't be edited or removed.

[u/Tarnisher]

You can't delete that.

[u/deadowl → u/Tarnisher]

You can hide it with CSS though.

[u/UatuModerator → u/deadowl]

Thanks for letting me know. I'll start researching how to do it!

[u/SCOveterandretired → u/UatuModerator]

Waste of time - any user can turn off CSS plus CSS only works on old Reddit - CSS won't hide the creator for mobile app users or new sh.reddit.

[u/gloomchen → u/SCOveterandretired]

The post is specifically asking about old Reddit

[u/SCOveterandretired → u/gloomchen]

Yup and it's a waste of time for old reddit as users can turn off CSS therefore only hiding the information for a very small percentage of users of that subreddit.

[u/gloomchen → u/SCOveterandretired]

It's a solution that works for the 1% of people visiting the sub on Old with CSS turned on vs. the 1% of people visiting the sub on Old with CSS turned off.

We're Reddit moderators, the term "waste of time" is kinda moot. Never mind that it takes 2 seconds to paste in some code.

[u/deadowl → u/UatuModerator]

The following hides the creator by setting the font size to zero, and then restores the part that specifies the subreddit age by setting the font-size back to x-small. I think reddit might actually remove the subreddit creator text at 100k+ subscribers, because even though I ahve this is in the r/vermont stylesheet, it looks like the subreddit creator isn't part of the sidebar even behind the scenes anymore.

.side .titlebox .bottom {
    text-align: right;
    color: gray;
    font-size: 0;
}
.side .titlebox .bottom .age {
    font-size: x-small;
}

[u/tumultuousness → u/deadowl]

I think reddit might actually remove the subreddit creator text at 100k+ subscribers

Off the top of my head, /r/TikTokCringe has more than that and the sub creator sentence is still there with sub style off.

I was under the impression that subs made in/around the first wave of subs ever to be made on Reddit, the admins just never recorded the creator of them. But, those subs are all older than I've been on Reddit, so I'm not ever really sure about that lol, just stumbling upon old subs that don't mention a sub creator. Unless you for sure remember vermont did used to mention it? Maybe it's a sub age thing in general? IDK why though, I think that info is kind of neat to see even if they aren't a mod anymore.

[u/deadowl → u/tumultuousness]

The creator of r/vermont is still around, it used to have them listed as the subreddit creator, and turning off the stylesheet it doesn't show them anymore. Maybe it's a privacy thing?

[u/tumultuousness → u/deadowl]

Thanks for the confirmation!

At one point, I remember someone asking on /r/ideasfortheadmins about removing that line (they made a sub, they wanted nothing to do with anymore, and they wouldn't care about someone else modding it but they didn't want their name attached). They were asking because I think on old new.reddit, you could remove the creator name from the sidebar, but it would still show on old.reddit regardless. I don't see anything in sh.reddit about showing or hiding that info though. I wonder if you are right and there was something or some process to get the admins to hide that?

[u/SCOveterandretired → u/deadowl]

This subreddit has more than 100,000 users and I can see the created by krispykrackers in the sidebar

[u/gloomchen → u/deadowl]

This is the one I've used, it also centers the creation date

/*Hide Creator of Subreddit*/
.titlebox .bottom { font-size: 0; text-align: center; }
.bottom .age { float: none; font-size: x-small; }