If everyone ignores for sale posts that don't have a location as if they don't even exist........... The problem should fix itself.

It would be a never ending chore to moderate this.

The admin tried to fix this at one point in time by making a user have a history here on the board (Certain number of posts.) before posting a new thread in the buy/sell forums and others were critical of this, so they changed it back. Many times it's brand new members who only post threads in the buy/sell and have never posted anywhere else that make these threads.

Ignore these threads and the problem should fix itself over time.

Just my opinion though. :)

Thank-you.

Yes we have discussed this many times, also relating to spam. I would think it can be made mandatory to list a location, but not sure. Perhaps Titus can have a look at this.

I don't think people will ignore these posts because naturally, curiosity gets the better of them(with the hope the sellers location is close by)....

As for a never ending chore, hardly IME. I implemented this on my site and as soon as the regulars read the sticky, they remembered to post their location. As for newcomers that did not read the mandatory sticky in the trading forum and fail to post their location, their post would get removed....simple as that. If a user came back to find their post gone, they would get the messege fast.

The buy and sell forums have mods that I can imagine would be well capable of seing this through...as they do on my site....

But as I said before, this needs admin approval and mod discipline to work....

As for altering the forum software to make the location mandatory when posting in the buy and sell forums, this would be the best solution IMO. Even better, making the location a mandatory field upon registering.

I dunno Raf, I agree that people should put locations in their posts, but I find that this problem isn't so much an administrative situation than it is a problem with common sense.

People should know better than to post "hi i have a tank 4 sale okie? thx" and not have any follow through information, which inevitably leads to frustration because people are interested in the product but have a lack of information about it.

I believe the moderators on Canreef are doing as much as they can to remedy certain problems that my arise, but some solutions lie within the members. However, since Canreef is supposedly a site for "mature" adults, there can't be any berating if someone forgets something as obvious as a location so I also agree with you.

If we had a way that you have to put your location in that is the only was that you can register or have it as a add on to ussho doesn't have it there now...

Maybe if the Buy/Sell forums were done away with altogether and if you want sell something you post it in the respective "Reefing Club" forum for your location. (Or nearest location, for those in the boonies).

I don't know. Just a thought. It doesn't really bother me the way it is now.

I like having a separate buy/sell section. If they went into the location specific section I think it would just get too bulky in there and no one would actually notice the local event stuff as it would constantly be buried under the ads.

plus I like having it open to others even if they aren't local in case the seller can ship. plus others can chime their opinions in too without having to switch to several different sections. jmo

I agree with 'justini'. The buy and sell should be kept as a separate forum.The simple solution as mentioned earlier is to make location a requirement on registering.
................Dave

i like it the old way where everything was in that forum less confusion. IMO

admins? mods?