What does this mean in English?

[351LX]

Regarding you add posted within the Canada classifieds Forum - Yesterday, 11:08 PM

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Could you please provide (and if necessary create) a link to the Classifieds section of the site HERE, within your Forum add HERE.

Basic info must be present as stated in Rule #1 of the Stangnet Classified Rules located HERE


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1. All classified posts must include the following.
A link to the advertisement in the Stangnet Classified section http://classifieds.stangnet.com unless approved by a member of the Stangnet.com Staff. An asking price, location and a means of contacting the individual. Please limit this to an email address and City/State.

For further requirements of the sale and/or inquiry on an item posted within the forum please familiarize yourself with said rules. If you are unable to fulfill the requirements of the basic requirements for any reason, please contact me with your reasoning for such and your add will be taken under consideration and dealt with accordingly.

If said item has been sold, or is no longer for sale, please indicate so within the context of the thread and inform me as such so that the thread may be closed or deleted as necessary.

Due to excessive spamming created by some members, Management is cracking down in certain areas in order to promote positive changes for the site.

This is not a warning, or indication of formal reprimand by the site, but an affirmation to ensure that site rules from here on out are followed accordingly. All members with similar adds will be receiving this message.

Changes to your add in compliance with board rules must be made within one week of the date of this PM, or said add will be closed and/or removed as necessary.

Thank you for your continued cooperation,

SNStaff

 

[Gearbanger 101]

In “English”, it means that your classified ad in part or whole, along with a few other members I PM’d didn’t comply with the some or all of the Classifieds Forum rules.

Along with a Forum advertisement, you must (unless otherwise aproved) provide a link to it’s advertisement in the Classifieds section as indicated within the Classified Forum Rules, which were linked to you in the body of this message (and have also now been stickied at the top of both the East and West Classifieds forum), as well as an asking price, location of the item and a means of contact.

This is being done as a means to clean up the stale adds left in the classified section, provide members with a more descriptive detail about the product you’re selling, increase it’s exposure and to reduced the increase level of spam being circulated through the forum.

As I stated, this isn’t a reprimand of any sort, the Email was sent to confirm as to whether or not the ad was still valid and to ensure it meets requirements.

How's that.....clear as mud?

....and 351LX, I've noticed since reading the Email, you've deleted the body of the text you had in an ad you had in the Forum Classifieds. Is that an indication that the item has been sold, as is not longer needing to be advertised?

Don't get me wrong guys....this isn't being used as a means to chase you out of the Classifieds Forum. Just trying to wade though the old stuff, to make room for the new and keep things flowing smoothly.

 

[351LX]

What is the logic behind requiring someone to link their local ad to the national classifieds?I was selling some $5 items and giving some parts away so I certainly have no interest in shipping said items, so why should I be required to advertise them nationally?I thought that was the whole point of having a regional classified section, to sell local.There have been about 6 ads on the Western classifieds since Christmas and the last ad on the Canadian classifieds was Nov.9 so how is spamming an issue?Previously when I included an email address in any Stangnet classified ad I was flooded with Nigerian scam emails so I would prefer to have someone PM me rather than including an email address in my ad.This used to be a popular forum but it has pretty much died and as far as I can see this just another nail in the coffin.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

What is the logic behind requiring someone to link their local ad to the national classifieds?I was selling some $5 items and giving some parts away so I certainly have no interest in shipping said items, so why should I be required to advertise them nationally?I thought that was the whole point of having a regional classified section, to sell local.

And in cases such as local sales, exceptions to the rule can be made (which if you’ll re-read the Classifieds Forum rules, is implied). But all other pertinent details still need to be made apparent in the body of your text and in cases where local advertising, or no ship sales are the case, it still needs to be cleared with SN Staff ahead of time regardless. Our job here is to moderate the forums to ensure they adhere to board standards and that’s what we’re going to do. Regardless of where you're selling the item, it still makes sense to advertise it in the National Classifieds. A person could easily state within the body of their advertisement that the item(s) are limited to local pick up only if that in fact is the case and still reap the benefit of double the exposure.

There have been about 6 ads on the Western classifieds since Christmas and the last ad on the Canadian classifieds was Nov.9 so how is spamming an issue?

Ahhh, but those are only the legitimate ads you’ve seen. We make attempts to remove Spam Ads right away, so that members aren’t subjected to them. It’s not a Canada thing specifically, but trust me the spammers keep us busy on a daily basis and the Classifieds sections get their share. I can tell you right now there have been a lot more ads than the ones you’ve seen in the classifieds. We just filter out spam, so you don’t have to.

Previously when I included an email address in any Stangnet classified ad I was flooded with Nigerian scam emails so I would prefer to have someone PM me rather than including an email address in my ad.This used to be a popular forum but it has pretty much died and as far as I can see this just another nail in the coffin.

Nowhere does it state in the rules you need to provide your Email address in open forum. Asking to have the person contact you via PM is perfectly acceptable.

The rules were put in place for a reason. We’ve been quite lax with them for quite a while now and I suspect that is one of the major reasons for poor performance in the forum. To keep things from getting out of hand, we’ve got to start cracking down. We’re not asking a lot from our members, only that the rules that we've already had in place since the beginning be followed. Allowing things to continue the way the have been is only going to open the door for scammers to come in and disrupt the forum for everybody. If everyone does their part, things will continue to run smoothly and quality will improve. I’m quite aware that activity within this forum has slowed over the last few months. The sales forums have been a mess for months now and this is the exact reasoning that reaffirmation of the rules needs to be applied and things need to get back on track! You may look at it as another nail in the coffin, but as a consumer, when I scan though the Forum and come across a post that has no contact info, no price, no photograph, no location of the item and a limited description, I skip right on by to the next one and don't give it a second thought.

We’re doing this to help you sell your item, not screw with your Karma. There’s no sense having a post sit around taking up space for god knows how long, if it’s not likely to generate any interest and become a stale post cluttering up the masses, or have it still floating around long after the item has been sold. Why should you the member have to trip over and filter though someone else’s crap in the forum in order to find what you’re looking for? Think of me as your own personal content filter in order to ensure your ad and the ads of others are properly advertised in order to keep the forum running smoothly.

So there you have it. If SN Management decides to alter the rules in the future, we’ll deal with it and make changes to accommodate as necessary, but for the time being this is how the rules are written and this is how they must be followed.

If anyone needs clarification, or has questions and/or concerns how to alter a current ad, or place one in the future, feel free to PM me. But don’t bother to do so if it’s just to argue against the format that has already been put into place. The Forum rules are as old as the forum itself, so let’s again starting playing by them to ensure we all have a pleasant experience.