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Clarification on Classified postings

David

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Everyone:
There has been a lot of back and forth with admins re some inconsistency in moderation and lack of clarity on Classified posts.

To remedy this, I have renamed the major section Classifieds to Buy and Sell, Deals Spotted and Help Required.
Under that section are:
Classifieds - Post your stuff for sale/trade.
Kijiji Hauls/It Followed Me Home - Bragging space for the awesome deal you found.
Member Spotted Deals - Posts for stuff that members see for sale in the wild.
Request a part, job, or quote from members - Post here if you need something made


I have also edited Janger's opening pinned post to make it more clear.
In short:
- Comments on Classified posts only is restricted to Q&A about the item listed. None of our usual back and forth. Other commentary will be deleted.
- The above does NOT apply to the other sub-fora under the Buy and Sell, Deals Spotted and Help Required heading such as Member Spotted Deals.

Lastly, this is a busy place. On any given day there are 200-400 posts. There are exactly two mods to watch over stuff and make sure nothing goes sideways.
We try our best to be on top of things but we cannot police every post. Nor can we guarantee that moderation will be 100% to the letter because again, there's only two of us and there 3500 of you.
 
So for clarity and not being a smart ass, it's business as usual but under different headings ?
What were the concerning issues ?
Thanks.
 
It's a lot keeping the site going, reading everything - or as much as you can, and keeping on top of minor stupid things before they turn into flame wars and worse. The tone of our forum is our greatest asset as it makes everything else great. Thank you mods and everyone else for keeping the place welcoming and useful. If you see posts/threads which are going the wrong way the best thing to do is hit "report" and let the mods sort it out. If you do get 'moderated' don't take it personally - just try to see it differently and reflect.
 
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