For Sale ads becoming excessive

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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Have we discussed, if we can get Asp9mm banned?

    Not likely. Moron.
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    It'd be hard for the mods to keep track of everything, whatever is decided. We would need to rely on reports.
    I think that is a given Barbel, like I said I have faith in the members here to deal with and report offending posts and members. We have some diligent and very conscientious members and enough experts to make sure no-one gets taken advantage of.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    The Mantis wrote:
    I do like the idea of a sales/trade section...but not just a single thread...I might have categories like: Screen Used Items...Replica Props...Toys....SA Wardrobe...Frugal Alternatives...Trade for items....Collection sell offs....etc....
    I don't like the count limit...so many great items have been purchased from people that just found out about us. Have you seen what the prop replica forum does with their sale trade thread? Quite organized and siloed to one area.

    I think this is the best way to go. Then people can avoid all sales threads completely if they wish and avoid clothes if only interested in props etc. Makes total sense

    On another note - far too many stickies now, I think one section was half stickies on the first page.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    This isn't the first time the large number of stickies has been mentioned. Do we need all of them?
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    It could certainly do with thinning out. Topics like "My Skyfall plaque" haven't been touched in four years... they must be feeling lonely, and it's the compassionate thing to do. :o
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Could you give me a link to that one please, C&D? I can't see it in the stickies.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    It seems that the stickies have become thickies. I'll get my coat. :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Could you give me a link to that one please, C&D? I can't see it in the stickies.

    ''Tis here: http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/40781/my-skyfall-plaque/
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    ?:) That's not a sticky, though.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    The sticky plot thickens...
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    ?:) That's not a sticky, though.

    :# My bad - I thought it was ;%
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • The Bond ExperienceThe Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters
    So many of the stickies can be condensed and many others can be "released", as in don't need to be stickies...even my Bond Experience one that announces when a new vlog is up doesn't need to be a sticky. For the memorabilia section I can go through and see which ones might be redundant or simply outdated etc...
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    ?:) That's not a sticky, though.

    :# My bad - I thought it was ;%
    5 minutes on the naughty step for you C & D :p
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "Stickie plaque" ..... Doesn't sound very attractive, although a good name for a Henchman. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    The Mantis wrote:
    So many of the stickies can be condensed and many others can be "released", as in don't need to be stickies...even my Bond Experience one that announces when a new vlog is up doesn't need to be a sticky. For the memorabilia section I can go through and see which ones might be redundant or simply outdated etc...

    I'd be grateful if you would do that, Mantis, and give me a list of which to unstick.
    The Mantis wrote:
    I do like the idea of a sales/trade section...but not just a single thread...I might have categories like: Screen Used Items...Replica Props...Toys....SA Wardrobe...Frugal Alternatives...Trade for items....Collection sell offs....etc....
    I don't like the count limit...so many great items have been purchased from people that just found out about us. Have you seen what the prop replica forum does with their sale trade thread? Quite organized and siloed to one area.

    Also, this seems the best way to go for the main subject. Would anyone like to comment on this idea?
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    It seems like a good idea to me, and condensing the sales threads makes them easier to navigate/ ignore and to moderate.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    What a sticky mess! :p
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    ?:) That's not a sticky, though.

    :# My bad - I thought it was ;%
    5 minutes on the naughty step for you C & D :p

    I usually have to pay extra for that :v :D
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The Mantis wrote:
    I do like the idea of a sales/trade section...but not just a single thread...I might have categories like: Screen Used Items...Replica Props...Toys....SA Wardrobe...Frugal Alternatives...Trade for items....Collection sell offs....etc....
    I don't like the count limit...so many great items have been purchased from people that just found out about us. Have you seen what the prop replica forum does with their sale trade thread? Quite organized and siloed to one area.

    Also, this seems the best way to go for the main subject. Would anyone like to comment on this idea?

    Yes - seems like a good idea all round -{
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The Mantis wrote:
    I do like the idea of a sales/trade section...but not just a single thread...I might have categories like: Screen Used Items...Replica Props...Toys....SA Wardrobe...Frugal Alternatives...Trade for items....Collection sell offs....etc....
    I don't like the count limit...so many great items have been purchased from people that just found out about us. Have you seen what the prop replica forum does with their sale trade thread? Quite organized and siloed to one area.

    Also, this seems the best way to go for the main subject. Would anyone like to comment on this idea?

    Yes - seems like a good idea all round -{

    I also agree with this. I think there's enough trade going on to justify it, and it would make it easier for those who aren't interested in the whole area - or in specific items - to avoid them completely.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Has anyone any objection to the suggestion?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    So, will there be an entirely new category "For Sale" same like the Off-Topic or Bond 25, or will the "For sale" section part of the mem&coll thread?


    And that category/section will then be divided into the different categories?

    I'd be ok with that, if you just add ~10 different "For sale" categories to the mem&coll - this will be a disaster
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    There wouldn't be a new forum; it'd be part of the Mem thread.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    So, "For sale" will be a topic then in the mem&coll&clothing section and that topic will be subdivided into categories?

    Not sure if that's technically possible (hasn't been here yet) but adding 10 different "For sale" categories just like that will be a nightmare!

    Then those will become even more excessive.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I'm thinking of adding a topic in the Mem forum to point active members there to this thread, in order to hear their views.
  • The Bond ExperienceThe Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters
    I just stared at the opening page to the site....I think a For Sale in the Specialist James Bond Discussion Forum area might be the best. In other words dont put it in the Mem section but either above it or below James Bond Gaming..... I do agree with Higgins that I would have a handful of categories underneath, but not make it so contributors can create NEW categories. For example, you could have Props, Wardrobe, Toys, MISC.?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    We'd need to ask SiCo to do that, of course. I'm happy to do the asking if that's the agreed course of action.
  • canoe2canoe2 Posts: 2,007MI6 Agent
    Hi all
    I just went through all this organization when I created the Classifieds section for my website. I've had to take that down temporarily while I get some user account security issues worked out (too many spam accounts were being created), but that section will be back by the end of this month.

    Based on my experience, I would suggest a 2 phase approach for AJB. First, I would just create a new Sticky thread in the Memorabilia section, like the Ebay thread. I understand some people here feel that there are too many independent "FS" threads now. But in reality, the first and second pages of the Mem forum are only showing 42 non-sticky threads. Even if 40% of those are FS threads, that's still only around 17 threads at any given time (and it's usually much less). And I would estimate that the average FS thread is only really active for about a week (unless the seller keeps bumping it).

    I'm not sure it's worthwhile creating a whole new section of AJB, with different categories, for that few a number of sellers. Most of the categories will probably only have 1 or 2 items for sale. And those will have a pretty short lifespan. So I think just using a sticky thread will be more practical at the start.

    If the FS/WTB sticky thread proves to be really popular, then move on to phase 2: creating a new Buy, Sell, Trade section of AJB with separate categories.

    Given that AJB uses older software and our excellent mods here already shoulder a lot of responsibility, I think any attempt at setting limits on who can post items for sale is a little unrealistic. Modifying user account core permissions in the platform to allow people with under X number of posts to post anywhere on the site BUT the FS thread isn't that easy unless the functionality is baked into the software. And if the system can't do it automatically, then the mods will have to be monitoring the thread manually to catch people. More trouble than it's worth, IMHO.

    Just set some basic rules for buyers and sellers: you can create your one post per item on the Sticky FS thread, but no follow up posts; all communication by PM only; no new, independent threads directing people to your post on the FS thread. It's like the Classifieds section in the newspapers and people should get the hang of it pretty quickly.

    Just my 2 cents. Cheers! {[]
  • The Bond ExperienceThe Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters
    My suggestion of separate section is not just about today, but also looks to tomorrow. Many people do trade and sell off this site because they see the FS posts and threads as chaotic and easily lost. If it was organized and integrated more people might be apt to utilize this platform. But, good point (and most important) that ultimately it's up to the mods and threads ability to do this.
  • BCFDRayBCFDRay Joppa, MarylandPosts: 373MI6 Agent
    One of the other forums I frequent has a "Classifieds" section that's broken down into a few catagories.

    Classifieds:
    For Sale or Trade
    Karma Connection
    Wanted to Buy

    The karma section is Free items, usually decided by a "I'm thinking of a number from 1-100. First one to guess the number gets the item" type game.
    Perhaps AJB could use the same format
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