Why is html off in this forum but not in the freespace forum?

[Dark RevenantX]

Why is HTML disabled in every forum except for the freespace refugee camp? I don't see why I can type a Javascript thing like <table bgcolor=#dfdfdf border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;"><tr bgcolor=#aaaaaa><td align=center><font size=1 face="verdana,arial"><b>Mouse over the arrows to scroll through images. Click a thumbnail to zoom to full-sized image.</b></font></td></tr><tr><td>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
//<!--
var sliderwidth=600;
var sliderheight=155;
var slidespeed=8;
var timerDelay=20;
slidebgcolor="#eaeaea";
var animatetime;
var topRow='';
var bottomRow='';
var copyspeed=slidespeed;
var actualwidth='';
var actualheight='';
var cross_slide, ns_slide;
function jNull(){}
function stopanimation(){
window.clearInterval(animatetime);
}
function fillup(){
cross_slide=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("slidingGallery") : document.all.slidingGallery;
cross_slide.innerHTML=leftrightslide;
actualwidth=document.all? cross_slide.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth;
if (actualwidth==0) actualwidth=5000;
}
function startslideleft(){
if (cross_slide){
stopanimation();
animatetime=setInterval("slideleft()",timerDelay)
}
}
function startslideright(){
if (cross_slide){
stopanimation();
animatetime=setInterval("slideright()",timerDelay)
}
}
function slideleft(){
if (parseInt(cross_slide.style.left)>(-actualwidth+sliderwidth)){
cross_slide.style.left=parseInt(cross_slide.style. left)-copyspeed+"px"
}else stopanimation();
}
function slideright(){
if (parseInt(cross_slide.style.left)<0){
cross_slide.style.left=parseInt(cross_slide.style. left)+copyspeed+"px"
}else stopanimation();
}
htmlCode='<table><tr><td align=center><img src="http://www.villagephotos.com/images/spacer.gif" width=135 height=1><br><a href="javascript:jNull();"><img src="http://thumbs.villagephotos.com/12220393.jpg" border=0 onclick="scrollGalleryImage.src=\'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-3/969604/thefinalfinal1.gif\';return false;"></a></td><td align=center><img src="http://www.villagephotos.com/images/spacer.gif" width=135 height=1><br><a href="javascript:jNull();"><img src="http://thumbs.villagephotos.com/12220426.jpg" border=0 onclick="scrollGalleryImage.src=\'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-3/969604/thefinalfinal2.jpg\';return false;"></a></td><td align=center><img src="http://www.villagephotos.com/images/spacer.gif" width=135 height=1><br><a href="javascript:jNull();"><img src="http://thumbs.villagephotos.com/12220427.jpg" border=0 onclick="scrollGalleryImage.src=\'http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-3/969604/thefinalfinal3.jpg\';return false;"></a></td></tr><tr><td valign=top align=center><font face="verdana,arial" size=2>Image #1</td><td valign=top align=center><font face="verdana,arial" size=2>Image #2</td><td valign=top align=center><font face="verdana,arial" size=2>Image #3</td></tr></table>';
leftrightslide=htmlCode;
document.write('<span id="temp" style="visibility:hidden; position:absolute;top:-10000px;left:-10000px;">'+ htmlCode +'</span>');
with (document){
write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr>');
write('<td bgcolor="#333333" onmouseover="startslideright();" onmouseout="stopanimation();"><font color=#ffffff face="comic,arial"><b><<</b></font></td>');
write('<td width=' + sliderwidth + '>');
write('<div id="divwrap" style="position:relative;width:'+ sliderwidth +'px;height:'+sliderheight+'px;overflow:hidden;bac kground-color:'+slidebgcolor+';border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;" onMouseover="stopanimation()">');
write('<div id="slidingGallery" style="vertical-align: middle;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px"></div>');
write('</div>');
write('</td>');
write('<td bgcolor="#333333" onmouseover="startslideleft();" onmouseout="stopanimation();"><font color=#ffffff face="comic,arial"><b>>></b></font></td>');
write('</tr></table>');
}
window.onload=fillup;
//-->
</script>
</td></tr><tr><td align=center><img name="scrollGalleryImage" src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-3/969604/thefinalfinal1.gif" border=1 vspace=5 hspace=5></td></tr><tr bgcolor=#aaaaaa><td align=center><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Image Hosting and Pure Javascript Scrolling Zoom Gallery by <a href="http://www.villagephotos.com" target="_new">VillagePhotos.com</a></b></font></td></tr></table>
in the freespace forum but not in the other forums. If one is going to be on, why not have all of them on?

I don't mean to be offensive, but what is with this?

[Siamese]

I think it would be obvious. You can do a lot of annoying things with HTML.

[Dark RevenantX]

I don't think you understand. Why is it that html is allowed in the hlp refugee area, but not in the remaining forums? Doesn't make sense. It should be either they are all off (hope not) or they are all on.

[Siamese]

Perhaps it was an accident? They did just create the refugee-thing you know.

[MatthewPapa]

HTML is enabled in the general forums now. If no one abuses it it will stay that way.
The reason it was turned off is because you could do some really naughty things with it.