Discussion on rule #4

Here is the current language:

4. As a courtesy to other members, no member should have more than *1* active sale/wanted thread per forum. If you have an active thread in each forum (for 3 total) that is fine. Also, threads posted that are for Auctions should be appropriately identified, same as items being for sale directly. Do not deceive members by using a vague subject line to get attention, these threads will be deleted.

Since some did not like it as stated, how should it be restated?

While I do not like having to institute this rule, it is necessary for those who abuse the fact there are no rules by posting 1 ad for each item they are selling, and then complain since there are no rules saying they are not allowed to do this.

The next problem is this needs to be made concrete, as opposed to what the moderators thinks is appriate or not because people will complain about one mod doing this, and myself doing something else, etc.

So, how should this rule be rephrased? MANY other forums on the Internet do limit this way as well, I have looked around, and one huge site comes to mind, <a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com." target="_blank">www.dvdtalk.com.</a>

So, fire away any suggestions.....

Also, threads posted that are for Auctions should be appropriately identified, same as items being for sale directly. Do not deceive members by using a vague subject line to get attention, these threads will be deleted.

Just want to be 100% certain a thread title like <a href="http://www.neo-geo.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=010539" target="_blank">this</a>, while being a combination of the two possibilities, is not also considered "vague."

If you would like any refining to the rule perhaps provide an example or two of what would or could be considered a "vague" subject line. Just a suggestion.

Well, I think if you have three different formats to offer at the same time it's more helpful to have three individual threads rather than one big one - largely because it makes things more legible to interested parties.

So for example if you've got an AES for sale, and say 6 or 7 Jap homecarts and you ant to sell them seperatly from each other, you'd have one thread for the hardware and one for the games...

or...

If you have a lot of carts and a lot of cd's you want to sell, one thread for each.

But definitly not one thread for each individual title like some people post.

Just my 2 cents

First, NBM, your thread title is fine. People complain about, for example, titles like 'Neo Geo Home Carts' and then inside is a link to Ebay, and a couple people in particular will NEVER do business with Ebay, and they feel that such a posts needs to be identified.

And Tarma, I have no real problem with multiple posts, but I don't want to have to make up something along the lines of:

If you have more than 6 items in one post you can make a second one....

Personally, I thought things usually went well, but some people can not be courteous to others (this refers to those who post 1 item/post) and they are the ones that need this.

How about;

As a courtesy to other members, no member should have more than *1* active sale/wanted thread per format, per forum. For example, one thread selling MVS games and another selling AES games in the Neo selling forum would be allowed. The same goes for other formats in the Everything Else forum, such as console games, jamma pcbs etc. Also, threads should be appropriately identified, such as FS: for items for sale directly, FT: for items offered for trade and FA: for items up for auction (on eBay or otherwise). Do not deceive members by using a vague subject line to get attention, these threads will be deleted.

A bit long winded, but...

How about one seperate post per format?

One thread for MVS.

One thread for CD.

One thread for NGH.

As a former univeristy studend in law, I would say it's just impossibl to creat perfect rules fitting the verity of reality.

As the problem we're dealing with here is pretty limitated anyway, I would just suggest no rules to be written, but th mods directly bashing anyone being enough a moron to post 10 individual sale post for 10 individual carts.

It may sound rude and 'un-democratic', but it damn works.

Any internet place is anyway a *nonarchy*, I mean a place of *absolute* and *self-justified* power. Face it. We can try to fool ourselves and think this place as a democracy, but that would just be bullshit lie. I say there's no need to cheat with ourselves.

Cool mods just have to 'feel' the general trend of the majority of the posters and adjust the moderation to that. That's pretty much all the democracy any internet community should need and may ask for.

Just my 2cents anyway. Peace.

The separate thread/format rule could still get a bit out of hand though if you think about it.

I could make threads for:

NGH

NGCD

MVS

Hardware

Collectibles

possibly other stuff

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and so I would still have half a dozen threads in the selling forum. Multiply that by a few sellers doing it and we're basically back to square-1.

While I'm not always finding myself happy with the restrictions of 1 thread/member/forum it's not the worst thing in the world. The selling forum is just a smaller part of a larger general discussion board. It's free and fucking incredible. We can either be happy for it or go pay gaybay their fees, not try to work other people into structuring their place into something which avoids you paying some of that money it takes to make money.

is it ok to post a thread for the same item on different forums if it's appropriate? I mean, I posted a thread in everything else about a dc twinkle star sprites I was auctioning before I read the forum rules, so would I be ok now to post another here about it or is that not on?

Now we must be law students to post one item on the selling forum.

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