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Alan Whitaker

Original Poster:

2,054 posts

211 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Hi
Re the removed post, these were not for sale, they were for anybody needing parts.
last time I come on the forum


Alan

Gerald-TVR

4,896 posts

226 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Hi Alan

saw the post and sent email - if you have an issue (and its happened to me a couple of times) take it up with the mods eg Big Al. or Mr Will cant afford to loose good supporters of this forum

mohitos

1,313 posts

228 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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What happened?

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Sorry for the deletion, but if you had said they were going free then the post would still be running.

You can either re-post or I'll get the thread reinstated tomorrow. smile

HTH.

BTW the new boy on the block is MattDell

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

He's replacing Mr Will.

Gerald-TVR

4,896 posts

226 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Hi Al

Could you clarify exactly whats OK and whats not please

Thanks

Norman

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Rule of posting No. 8 states:-

Post links to websites or adverts for commercial or personal gain. All advertising on PistonHeads must be through the normal channels.

So if it's free post away, if it's not then it's classifieds which as you know are free.

HTH.

Last S4

504 posts

214 months

Sunday 12th June 2011
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Big Al. said:
Sorry for the deletion, but if you had said they were going free then the post would still be running.

You can either re-post or I'll get the thread reinstated tomorrow. smile

HTH.

BTW the new boy on the block is MattDell

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

He's replacing Mr Will.
As this is a misunderstanding, has anyone from PH contacted Alan to let him know that his post will be reinstated? Seems a shame to loose a contributor to the forum for no real reason.

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Monday 13th June 2011
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Last S4 said:
As this is a misunderstanding, has anyone from PH contacted Alan to let him know that his post will be reinstated? Seems a shame to loose a contributor to the forum for no real reason.
I just have. smile

techbotics

1,805 posts

211 months

Tuesday 14th June 2011
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Looks like we lost one... nice job guys..

Not wanting to throw anyone under the bus but how come this post is ok then:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I can see how some would get confused.. perhaps it wasn't the deletion of the post that turned Alan off but the way it was dealt with..?

Consistency is the key here IMHO.. I for one can't see much of that.

Ban me whatever..

Damian S3

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Tuesday 14th June 2011
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It's not, I did not see it on the forums, no one reported it until now.

So I've just removed it, thanks for the heads up.

HTH.

ETA

We can't possibly read ever thread on PH there are far too many, consistency is a priority within the moderation team.

So if you think something has been missed then please report via the button on ever post.

Edited by Big Al. on Tuesday 14th June 20:12

MnS

393 posts

272 months

Tuesday 14th June 2011
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Big Al. said:
Rule of posting No. 8 states:-

Post links to websites or adverts for commercial or personal gain. All advertising on PistonHeads must be through the normal channels.

So if it's free post away, if it's not then it's classifieds which as you know are free.

HTH.
So.... you can't post links for personal gain but if a mate posted links and it is not for his personal gain its ok to do that wobble

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Tuesday 14th June 2011
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Troublemaker hehe

mohitos

1,313 posts

228 months

Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Well my posting has also been removed although I recognise that it was a clear breach of guidelines.

What's worthy of discussion though, is whether it actually matters that people post topics selling items that may be of genuine interest and benefit to other owners.

I recently bought a Porsche 968 as a track day toy with a friend. They have their own website and forum, with dozens of different boards depending on subject and including items for sale and cars for sale.

Shame us 'S' owners don't have a similar resource available to us.

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Wednesday 15th June 2011
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We must delete about 30 forums ads a day on average most are never seen because members report them and we instantly remove and point towards classifieds.

The irony is that you can post ads on PH for free in the classifieds, you just can't do it on on forums.

If we didn't enforce this rule the forums would be swamped with ads and that's not what we want, the forums are for discussion and debate.

HTH

Alan Whitaker

Original Poster:

2,054 posts

211 months

Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Hi Al

Thanks for the email, I shall be a bit more carefully on how I word posts next time I post re Items I need to shift on.

Thanks
Alan

ketvrin

3,504 posts

238 months

Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Welcome back...

K wink

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Alan Whitaker said:
Hi Al

Thanks for the email, I shall be a bit more carefully on how I word posts next time I post re Items I need to shift on.

Thanks
Alan
Hello mate no problems, glad to see you posting again.

Just remember if it's free post away, if it's not then the classified which is also free.