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Do we have too many vendor threads in B/S/T? -- Poll --(New option added 4Sep14)
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HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: Rick on September 04, 2014, 10:43:31 am ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 04, 2014, 10:38:53 am ---Having vendors as moderators can give the appearance of impropriety no matter how honest they are.
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Umm, you do realize Haruman is a moderator of the B/S/T Forum, right? I have nothing against the guy, personally - we've talked offline here and there, and he's a stand-up guy -  but are you saying you're planning on revoking his privileges going forward, just to stave off any future questions like this?

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I'm a mod for the whole forum, not just B/S/T.

Not to mention, anything I do as a mod gets recorded on the moderator log. 
Malenko:

--- Quote from: PL1 on September 04, 2014, 10:38:53 am ---What do you guys think about this option?
* Leave all vendor threads in B/S/T
*  Unsticky all vendor threads
*  Add one sticky at the top that lists and links to all vendor threads and provides a short summary of products/services

This option would leave the following 5 stickies:
* List of Vendor Thread Links
* Free Items - Official Thread
* Bad Traders List - Please keep it clean- thanks-
* -MUST READ- LINKS: Rules, Trader Lists, Byoac Vendors, Free Items
* TO ALL: LOCATION NOW MANDATORY IN SUBJECT OF *ALL* B/S/T POSTS!


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Heres the only caveat with that idea, if vendors bump their threads with updates they go right back up to the top.  I think a vendor section AND a vendor sticky at the top of the non vendor BST is the best overall solution.  It allows the vendors to have exposure in the non vendor section, significantly lowers the number of stickies in the BST section, and keeps vendor threads from dominating the non vendor BST.

Must read links can include location mandatory, and that'd reduce the stickies even more.  The bad seller thread , other than an ebay seller and some ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- about RandyT/GGG it hasnt been used in 5 years. Thought the feedback system was the replacement for the bad seller thread.
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Rick on September 04, 2014, 10:43:31 am ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 04, 2014, 10:38:53 am ---Having vendors as moderators can give the appearance of impropriety no matter how honest they are.
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Umm, you do realize Haruman is a moderator of the B/S/T Forum, right? I have nothing against the guy, personally - we've talked offline here and there, and he's a stand-up guy -  but are you saying you're planning on revoking his privileges going forward, just to stave off any future questions like this?

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Well, if you get banned in the next 5 minutes, we'll know what happened.  :cheers:
HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 04, 2014, 10:52:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Rick on September 04, 2014, 10:43:31 am ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 04, 2014, 10:38:53 am ---Having vendors as moderators can give the appearance of impropriety no matter how honest they are.
--- End quote ---

Umm, you do realize Haruman is a moderator of the B/S/T Forum, right? I have nothing against the guy, personally - we've talked offline here and there, and he's a stand-up guy -  but are you saying you're planning on revoking his privileges going forward, just to stave off any future questions like this?

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Well, if you get banned in the next 5 minutes, we'll know what happened.  :cheers:

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Saint still won't let me change people's custom text....  I wonder why?   >:D
Rick:

--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on September 04, 2014, 10:47:28 am ---I'm a mod for the whole forum, not just B/S/T. Not to mention, anything I do as a mod gets recorded on the moderator log.
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I get that, and I'm definitely not saying anything negatively against you. (In fact, if you read any comment I've ever made about you in this forum, you'll find I'm infinitely nicer to you than you are to me.)

;)

I'm saying that Scott's comment could be construed by some to be a conflict of interest against you holding such a position.
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