[s-cars] How failtastic is the B7 S4 automatic / How Brettastic is Brett?

[Joe Pizzimenti]

I'll moderate.



On 5/13/09, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Gee, Paulie, what happened to your next post?
>
> After a polite reminder of the rules, he taunted that he was going to
> post again a vehicle for sale, so I temporarily added his address to
> the hold-for-approval list until he calmed down.  Any posts that are
> appropriate will go through, but he'll have to wait for Darin or I to
> see it in the queue, which may take a few hours.
>
> From the listinfo page for s-car-list:  "Also, please refrain from
> posting classified ads or other promotional materials on the list.
> Classifieds should be posted within the marketplace or S-CAR
> Classifieds at s-cars.org."
>
> We have some of the most liberal rules of any Audi-related forum and
> ask very little of those that choose to join our community.  One of
> the is that you not post for-sale items or advertise on the lists- and
> we give you another free resource as an alternative.  That alternative
> is extremely popular and well utilized, receiving a few thousand
> unique daily visitors.  This rule has stood for many years and has not
> changed, despite our varying free time to enforce it. Darin and I see
> eye-to-eye on this rule.
>
> http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/s-car-list/2005-June/041613.html
>
> Anyone who violates the rules or feels it necessary to spit into the
> wind may find their posts held for approval (most likely temporarily)
> as well. I don't anticipate this being a regular occurrence.
>
> I agree that the rule is unfortunate because it prevents
> rare/interesting cars (we're talking Bring-A-Trailer rare/interesting)
> from being brought to the attention of listers, though there is
> nothing to stop the creative from posting classifieds ads for these
> vehicles in the marketplace, or telling the owner/seller about the
> marketplace.  I'm considering a list specifically for this sort of
> purpose, since there is clearly interest.  I think the only way it
> would work would be if it were moderated, since a lot of people coming
> across Audifans would think that's where their A4 1.8 automatic
> belongs because it's a rare mauve color.  It never ceases to amaze me
> how many people email the marketplace list demanding to know why they
> can't post to it :(
>
> I'll run it past Dan and if he gives the go-ahead, I'll solicit
> volunteers for moderating it, maybe 2-3 people.  Any suggestions on
> names?
>
> -Brett
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