I wish I wish!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I also agree.

[Moogled]

I, too, agree.

Some people just aren't that smart.

[Raf]

Come on mods and admins, lets hear your say!

[justinl]

I can see the mods reading this and saying "oh come on... wth, you want us to do work? meh... ill let the other mod deal with it."

lol i jk. I do appreciate the hard work you guys do, but really, this little thing would be really nice.

[G1GY]

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.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by G1GY

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.

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.

[Raf]

Originally Posted by G1GY

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.

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.

[Moogled]

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.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by justinl

I can see the mods reading this and saying "oh come on... wth, you want us to do work? meh... ill let the other mod deal with it."

lol i jk. I do appreciate the hard work you guys do, but really, this little thing would be really nice.

I can't believe you posted this. I'll bite my tongue for the rest of what I'd like to say.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I can't believe you posted this. I'll bite my tongue for the rest of what I'd like to say.

Did you guys not know you're not allowed to be away on the weekend? You have to stay put and monitor the board like me.