Newbies - Please read

[dusty350]

Hi
First and foremost, if you are new to the forum - Welcome. You will find this forum the friendliest and most informative bike forum on the net.
We have few rules. Regarding "Wanted" and "For Sale" posts, the Classifieds section will open up to you after you have made 10 posts. More info here;

rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/12241/read-post-use-classifieds-picture

We ask that you join in and become part of our community. 10 posts are easily achieved.
Any such posts made before the 10 post minimum will be removed without notice.

Thank you

Dusty

[firmstools]

+1
And if possible Dusty, a gentle reminder to post in the appropriate section?
The general chat seems to be the main “go to” section for everything.
There are some fantastic areas of this site where a post can become very lonely without the attention it needs!
Not so sure about the jokes though😃

[Chewie01]

A top tip for new users is to use the New Treads option to see activity across the forum. Sadly this is only available in a browser as the Tapatalk app doesn't seem to have this option.

[veg]

Does this need to be a top of the page sticky?
Thanks for this dusty and welcome to newbies. 👍

[dusty350]

I intend to bump this on a weekly basis if new peeps join. I'm not sure the "stickies" get read, hence the amount of sale and wanted ads by new members. I'm also thinking of sending a generic "welcome" pm to all new members, with links to the rules. What do you guys think ?

Dusty🙂

[Yogi]

Apr 11, 2022 16:47:08 GMT 1 dusty350 said:

I intend to bump this on a weekly basis if new peeps join. I'm not sure the "stickies" get read, hence the amount of sale and wanted ads by new members. I'm also thinking of sending a generic "welcome" pm to all new members, with links to the rules. What do you guys think ?

Dusty🙂

Definitely send newbies links and rules 👍

It happens on some FB groups and peeps know what’s right and wrong 👌

[midlifecrisisrd]

Yes

A pm with guidance and rules is a great idea

Steve

[veg]

Third that. 👍

[oldelsieboy]

New members are already sent a welcome message, it reads;

Welcome to the mad house. People are friendley and helpfull hear so dont be afaid to ask questions and ask for help. Have fun say Hi and introduse your self.After 10 posts you will get to see the classifieds.
You will need a photobucket account to post pics.
smg.photobucket.com/


This is an automated welcome message, replying to this message with potential questions will not notify the admin of this board.

Is it not possible to make it so the first 10 posts have to be authorised by ADMIN before they appear on the forum

OEB

[dusty350]

I'm not sure about that Nigel ?
Took me some time to work my way around some of the Admin tools. I think Norbo would have to action that.

Dusty

[veg]

Sometimes the problem is newbies with less than 10 posts put wanted ads in here and old time members who should know better engage with/offer parts.
So do you increase the amount of posts say to 100 and strictly enforce it? Do you cancel having to post anything at all? Eg no minimum 10 posts with suitable rider of buyer/seller beware?
Or try to rigorously enforce the 10 posts reminding all member to adhere to it?
Don’t envy you dusty.

[dusty350]

I asked Norbo about a 50 posts before Classifieds "unlock" rule. Apparently there was a time when the count was higher, but it was thought, at the time, it was too high, so it settled back to 10. I think Norbo is open to the idea of 50 again - I suppose it depends on how many members want it ?
I have now started (today) to pm a welcome to all new members - I get an alert when someone joins, and I have added links to the rules as they are at the mo, and ask them to read them. Hopefully that will mean new guys know the score, and encourage them to join in. On average, at least 3-4 peeps join each week, with 2 joining today alone.
I also take on board the "posting in the correct section" issue. Technically, this thread is in the wrong section !! , but I think everyone tends to read this section first, and it is relevant here I think. I can move posts to the correct sections and have done in the past, to keep each section "clean" and relevant, but it would help immensely if we can all post in the right part to start with.
Considering how many members frequent the forum, and the amount of posts that are generated each day, there is very little to do from a mods point of view, but the main issues tend to surround classifieds related posts. It's not clear in the rules, but I'm pretty sure we would all agree, that any replies to Sale or wanted posts should be posted on the thread so all can see, rather than Pm's being sent. I get that once a deal is entered into, a Pm is the correct way to progress, but initial contact should be in plain sight, to prevent misunderstandings. Again, thoughts on that would be welcome

Regards

Dusty

[midlifecrisisrd]

It's always polite to post in a sale thread even if it's just pm sent

I'm sure it used to be 25 posts before the classifieds could be accessed. Not like anybody has ever joined just to sell a load of stuff 😆

The stuff posted in the wrong section is another thing that's a grey area and we should all be better at

Steve



















For sale, 5 door hatchback, pm for details 😬

[dusty350]

[JonW]

I agree with what youve said and are doing Dusty. I also dont envy you with the workload, but rest assured we appreciate what you do.

[dusty350]

Thanks Jon. I dont see it as a lot of work to be honest, and most of the time I dont have to do anything - the forum runs really well, and that's down to the members that frequent it.
I know Norbo has plenty going on, so I'm more than happy to help out. Most of the issues that do arise surround the classifieds so a bit of work now may reduce problems later on. By linking rules to Pm's, hopefully newbies will read them. There will always be cases where rules aren't either understood or adhered too, but hopefully they will be minimal.

Dusty

[mouse]

Agree with others, you're doing a stirling job Dusty!

The thing that bugs me, is a certain element of 'newbies' (not all) who just see the forum as their own private ebay, a way to off-load their stuff to a captive market, often at inflated prices, or as a sounding board for selling on ebay with a 'what's this worth?' as their second post!

This for me is a real bugbear and spoils the forum, also can lead to back-biting and bitchy comments. Not why i joined the forum at all!

However, i think the 'for sale' and 'wanted' sections are great. As a source of bikes/parts to genuinely help other devotees of these bikes NOT a source of making money as their primary objective (Norbo excluded!)

So maybe more posts before being able to access 'for sale and 'wanted' sections, i think that may weed out the chaff!

Mouse

[Norbo]

At The start The classifieds were open to every one right from the start. However we noticed that we were getting an increasing number of people who like mentioned above were using it as a free e bay page. Not joining in not saying hi and contributing to the community they joined only to post adds and sell there stuff and often pick up bargains from members selling stuff cheep to other members and then
E-baying them on at inflated prices.

It was decided to make a 25 post to open the section so only people who join in could get in and even though you can do 25 posts in a day or over the weekend by just saying hi and commenting on others posts some people would do hole threads with nothing but 1 word reply's to get to the 25 so we made it 10.it stopped as this is very quickly achieved and all the sellers who did nothing but sell stuff and no other posts on there account were deleted.

This is a friendly "for the most part" community who like to sell there stuff to other members to help out other members with there builds and pick up a bargain from fellow members without the nonsense of ebay bidding thats why we all so added a no offers bull shit as rool post a price .