Please Clarify the For Sale Forum Rules sticky
03-30-2006, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by freq,Mar 30 2006, 06:13 AM
Done. It's pointless.
Site rules:
Rule #1: Administrators and their agents (ie. Moderators) can do anything they like at any time for any reason or no reason at all
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If the membership is upset with the way a moderator is doing things then we can make adjustments.
04-03-2006, 08:15 AM
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Actually I am glad this is being discussed.
I personally think that the rules should be changed to no external linking of FS posts.
the site rules clearly state MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL ITEMS THEY DO NOT OWN - AND NOT ALLOWED TO SELL FOR OTHER MEMBERS/GUESTS.
As a moderator of the FS forum, I have no way of knowing that the offsite threads are the same person as the OP in the FS thread. How do I know the ebay auctions are the same person? (I dont have the time to check the legitimacy of each screen name and cross reference them).
As far as im concerned, this is a loophole in our system that will sooner or later be exploited - better to nip it in the bud now and set a precedent.
If someone obviously has the ability to creat a hyperlink to the other forum, its just as easy and even quicker to copy and paste the thread into s2ki
On a side note, I was on another forum yesterday checking out their FS section - they actually stipulate that people selling add a picture with the FS thread - each picture must contain a piece of paper with the forum name, date and username on it - so as to be sure those items are the property of the poster and in their posession at the time of sale.
Is that extreme? maybe, maybe not.
Freq: from reading your posts it appears you agree with the principle, just not that I closed it without the rule in effect - so im not really sure why you are arguing or what point you are trying to make - are you wanting the rules to be changed, or just ragging on my decisions??
either way, i thank you for starting the discussion as its something I was going to bring up to the other moderators and admin anyway
I personally think that the rules should be changed to no external linking of FS posts.
the site rules clearly state MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL ITEMS THEY DO NOT OWN - AND NOT ALLOWED TO SELL FOR OTHER MEMBERS/GUESTS.
As a moderator of the FS forum, I have no way of knowing that the offsite threads are the same person as the OP in the FS thread. How do I know the ebay auctions are the same person? (I dont have the time to check the legitimacy of each screen name and cross reference them).
As far as im concerned, this is a loophole in our system that will sooner or later be exploited - better to nip it in the bud now and set a precedent.
If someone obviously has the ability to creat a hyperlink to the other forum, its just as easy and even quicker to copy and paste the thread into s2ki
On a side note, I was on another forum yesterday checking out their FS section - they actually stipulate that people selling add a picture with the FS thread - each picture must contain a piece of paper with the forum name, date and username on it - so as to be sure those items are the property of the poster and in their posession at the time of sale.
Is that extreme? maybe, maybe not.
Freq: from reading your posts it appears you agree with the principle, just not that I closed it without the rule in effect - so im not really sure why you are arguing or what point you are trying to make - are you wanting the rules to be changed, or just ragging on my decisions??
either way, i thank you for starting the discussion as its something I was going to bring up to the other moderators and admin anyway
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