Administrators Abusing Power

[RRR32_GoDzIlLa]

why cant i put a f**king link to my 'for sale add' in qld thread from the nationwide thread. Obviously its important to post on the nationwide thread as well as our own qld thread but whats the point of uploading all the same shit again (no point).

The rules state as below no links to external sites, Not our own site. Blitz has got some serious power issues. Aus to Qld isn't a problem.

7. No external links! - Do not post likes to items being sold on e-bay, or other forums. If you wish to start a thread advertising the same items on SAU, you must include all details and price in your thread. Asking people to refer to e-bay for more info is not acceptable. If you're too lazy to copy and paste the details on here, your thread will be deleted.

Do you think this is fair??????????

I know this isnt general automotive but i need people's opinions and the people who would be concerned would read this thread.

[Lithius]

HE'S READING THIS MESSAGE RIGHT NOW QUICK GET OUT OF HERE.

[dontfeelcold]

Take him to industrial relations for harrasment

[Blitz]

The rules of SAU are fairly simple, and have been in place for a long time.

Everyone else manages to follow them, so im not sure why its such a task for you to do the same.

You knew the rules when you posted, and you have quoted them in this thread so the only problem I can see here is that you are more interested in throwing your hands up and having a whinge than respecting the simple rules that moderators and administrators set out for Skylines Australia.

A lot of work goes into providing this great free forum to our users, yet there are the odd few like yourself that arent members and have never made a contribution to the running of the forum (from what I can tell) who post away, with full knowledge of the rules in place, then complain when they are pulled up for breaking these very rules.

I have offered to discuss this with you via pm - Feel free to take up that offer

[Kodak]

why cant i put a f**king link to my 'for sale add' in qld thread from the nationwide thread. Obviously its important to post on the nationwide thread as well as our own qld thread but whats the point of uploading all the same shit again (no point).

Its not like its hard. Just go to your original post, click edit then copy and paste everything. If the pictures where uploaded by imageshack or something there should be a link. so copy and paste away. takes like 10 seconds.

[Blitz]

Thankyou Chris, my sentiments exactly

Its hardly some massive inconvenience.

[racsov500]

in the end this is what always happene

[justin911]

i got a warning for doing something similar 1.5 yrs ago, i would hope everyone else does to

good work to whichever admin did it

[GTR_STEALTH]

Opening a thread only to be confronted with a link to another thread is a waste of time and space.

As an Administrator of another car forum myself, i understand what its like....

[Kodak]

Thankyou Chris, my sentiments exactly

Its hardly some massive inconvenience.

omg i feel loved

[RRR32_GoDzIlLa]

omg stop sucking up to the administrators, they're r not goin to f**k you. If you don't have anything useful to add don't say anything.

I'm happy to follow the rules. I haven't broken any as far as i'm concerned. All the information is on SAU. It is not an external link. I do not feel this is a loop hole. I think if anything the rules need to be amended. What's so hard bout hitting a link to the main thread anyway? I understand if its to a diff site but the same site, i don't get it. Then you have to manage two threads, then people will ask the same questions twice, then bla bla bla, a million other things.

Unecessary and annoying

[krzysiu]

Stop crying and get over it

[saliya]

I'm happy to follow the rules. I haven't broken any as far as i'm concerned. All the information is on SAU. It is not an external link. I do not feel this is a loop hole. I think if anything the rules need to be amended. What's so hard bout hitting a link to the main thread anyway? I understand if its to a diff site but the same site, i don't get it. Then you have to manage two threads, then people will ask the same questions twice, then bla bla bla, a million other things.

Unecessary and annoying

Actually, I'd have to agree here.

A literal interpretation of 'external links' would have to be links to off-SAU. If the

rule actually meant 'any links' there's no reason to include 'external' - the inclusion

highlights its meaning.

The rule as written and explained seems to be to prevent people from posting a

for-sale item on a non-SAU site (the example is ebay) then linking to it from SAU.

If the link is internal to SAU then the rule as written is not broken - the mod

is enforcing an incorrect interpretation of the written rule.

The mods are supposed to be able to exercise their discretion; but the rules

are there so people know what behaviour is expected of them (and the rule

once written should be followed by the mods too).

If the desired behaviour is in fact 'no links' then the rule should be rewritten

without the word 'external'.

Personally, I can't see the point in maintaining two threads with potentially

exactly the same content. I don't see why links shouldn't be permitted within

intra-SAU threads. If we're worried that a person will 4-sale in every forum

under the sun, perhaps a rule could be written like 'keep your 4-sale posts

only to relevant forums - don't post in NT if you live in NSW' for example.

FWIW I don't think it's an 'abuse of power' - I think the mod _has_ incorrectly-interpreted

the rule, but that this isn't a deliberate or malignant interpretation. The mod is doing

what they believe that they should.

And I'd like to see the mod's justification as to why they think 'external links' should

include 'on-SAU links' too

Regards,

Saliya

Edited March 31, 2007 by saliya

[R31Nismoid]

Read the forum guidelines perhaps?

No Spamming

[saliya]

Read the forum guidelines perhaps?

No Spamming

Not sure who you're responding to, but I doubt that this is the rule

that was invoked.

If it were, there's no way the mod would have suggested copy/paste

the original content to a new thread - that's just as much spam as a link.

Regards,

Saliya

[R31Nismoid]

And as it goes...

Give them an inch

[Candy]

Obviously its important to post on the nationwide thread as well as our own qld thread but whats the point of uploading all the same shit again (no point).

Is it really 'important' to post your ad in two places? I would have thought if you were worried about duplication the easy way would be to just post one thread. You've already got an (oversized) signature advertising your car for sale, not like it's easy to miss that whenever you post.

Edited March 31, 2007 by Candy

[Munkyb0y]

You've already got an (oversized) signature advertising your car for sale, not like it's easy to miss that whenever you post.

thats so true. you've got maximum exposure right there. 2 ads = overkill.

[RRR32_GoDzIlLa]

its the kind of car where i get calls from as far as adelaide so it is important not to only have an ad in the qld section. I've already explained this.

And what the f**k are you on about r31nismoid??? did you read the thread b4 u posted??

[2rismo]

Keep up the abusive attitude and a whole different set of rules will be applied, champ.