A question

[Turbofocus]

Does anyone know if you are allowed to post links on here to a donation site.

Situation is a racer who has crashed and needs urgent help so has set up a fund raising page and I would like to post a thread on Pistonheads.

[paulrussell]

You'll have to ask Nathan if you can post the link.

[marshalla]

Posting rule 5 http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/rules.htm prohibits posting about charity events or soliciting for donations without PH management permission.

As above, contact Nathan or James to get permission to start a thread.

There's nothing to stop you putting the link in your profile though.

[Turbofocus]

Thanks for the help so far.

How do I contact either of these two?

sorry found the email link

[Shaw Tarse]

Nathan (eybic) may not be around at the moment, so don't be surprised if you don't get a reply. You could also contact JD PH & ask him.

[Turbofocus]

Yes,Nathans email came back as away.
I have emailed James too,is there anyway I can raise them on here direct?

[Shaw Tarse]

Sorry but you will have to wait

[Turbofocus]

Shaw Tarse said:

Sorry but you will have to wait

I hate waiting,i do suffer with being impatient :-)

Seriously though,thanks to everyone for your help.

[Vaud]

Turbofocus said:

I hate waiting,i do suffer with being impatient :-)

Try some blue pills.

[Turbofocus]

I might need those blue pills as no one wants to reply.

[Kinky]

Turbofocus said:

Does anyone know if you are allowed to post links on here to a donation site.

Situation is a racer who has crashed and needs urgent help so has set up a fund raising page and I would like to post a thread on Pistonheads.

To answer your question, the answer is no, you are not allowed.

As tough as it may be, it's only fair for everyone.

[Turbofocus]

Kinky said:

To answer your question, the answer is no, you are not allowed.

As tough as it may be, it's only fair for everyone.

Fair enough.
Does seem daft though just like the last decision.

So I am ok to put them link on my profile though?

[Shaw Tarse]

No problem putting link on your profile.

[Turbofocus]

Shaw Tarse said:

No problem putting link on your profile.

Thanks and also marshella.

[Kinky]

It's not daft at all, considering the volume that we delete. The forums would be just over-run with charity requests.

[Kiltie]

Has anyone ever suggested having a charity appeal sub-forum?

Might be a decent compromise and stop people (who are passionate about a particular cause) getting bent out of shape.

If there are absolutely loads of them, the worthwhile / laudable will always stay floating at the top so shouldn’t get diluted in the dross.

I suppose the only difficulty would be temptation to continually bump them on the part of the OP.

Just a thought.

To be clear, such a forum would not feature in my favourites.

[Kinky]

Kiltie said:

Has anyone ever suggested having a charity appeal sub-forum?

Yes, it has been mooted many times over the years, and the agreement has always been a no. As you say, it's not a forum you'd add to your favourites and you're not alone in that (myself included).

It's hard, really really hard, to have to remove some of those threads as and when they come.

[Kinky]

Turbofocus said:

So I am ok to put them link on my profile though?

Absolutely - go for it.

[WinstonWolf]

Might be worth discussing the idea of a charity appeal section again?

Saves deleting the deserving ones and if it's does it really matter?

[Kinky]

FYI, IIRC the last time it came up in discussion was about 3 months ago; so not sure the goalposts would have moved since then.