Should reports meet minimum Posting Guidelines?

[Lover Boy]

Please don't post picture from other escort service web sites. This will only help promote bigger pimp raising the prices on pussy hunters.

Look in S.A. Section, Some moron added same pic all over the board.

Who is the moron?

SIESTA

[Brownout]

I disagree with North Seattle about his proposal for photo requirements.

Photo guidelines, I think, should be relaxed to allow posting of photos that help people to recognise the neighbourhood of where the user's talking about. Street signs that are distinctive enough could be included in this category, but branches of well-known businesses, e.g. HSBC, McDonald's, are out if they're subjects of photos.

[NorthSeattle]

I would like to recommend a suggestion to consider.

Would it be feasible to insist that ALL postings on the Photo sites be accompanied by a actual Photograph, this should not include maps, scenic views, signs or anything especially comments or opinions of photos.

Some siites are loaded with rhetoric. Possably there shoud bea site where comments, etc on this subject may be posted, but it does very little when this section is used like a "Chat Board" or basically for stroking posters or putting them down. Certainly since counts are shown about how many have viewed each photo, this could be adaquate.

North Seattle

[Snarf]

On the one hand, I agree with Jackson that simply deleting posts could be counterproductive to the purpose of the forum. OTOH, I hate to think of ANYONE having to spend time editing other people's posts to make them readable.

Ideally there would some way to simply flag a post or notify the poster that it is being held and is not viewable until they log in and correct the punctuation, capitalization, etc. It would encourage people to be more active participants in the quality control.

[Whitee]

I agree with Boxcc's suggestion. It is really irritating to see Jackson's blue editor's note requesting "..one period after the sentence.." and the likes.

His blue notes and reminders of editorial rules are the real clutterer of the forum, in fact, they have become a bigger irritant than whatever grammar mistakes from the posters.

Whitee,

I had to read your report twice to ascertain wether you were for or against the Posting Guidelines.

FYI, I tried the strategy of notifying posters when their reports failed to meet the minimum guidelines, but it proved ineffective given the large number of invalid email address in the membership database. It's also more time consuming than simply pasting the note at the bottom of the report.

I also considered deleting the reports, but that seemed rather harsh, especially considering the relatively minor nature of most mistakes. Of course, I do return the reports to the original poster in a very small number of instances, and I usually never hear from them again.

The "Editor's Note" system is effective in that most Forum Members quickly get the concept that the Guidelines are in effect, and they then revise their writing style accordingly, all to the betterment of the Forum.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Organicgrowth]

Boxcc,

Totally excellent idea.

Saves time for Jackson and teaches a real lesson.

Regards, Havanaman

[Boxcc]

Jackson, Thank you very much for the work that you do. I think that we as members of the WSG have the obligation to at least attempt to follow your rules for posting. After all, it is your ball and you can take it and go home if you want too! lol. I would hate to see that, as I love this forum and truly appreciate all the work that you do.

However, might I make a suggestion. Instead of editing a post to make it acceptible, why not just delete it? You could set up an automatic notification to the offending party to receive a PM stating that a post was delete for whatever reason. That way you save yourself work and it teaches posters a hard lesson on proper etiquette. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks,
Box

[Organicgrowth]

Gentlemen,

The basic premise of the board, as I understand it, is to share mongering information. Off course “information” includes experiences. This board's information is divided broadly into three sections: General, specific “venue” report, and a photo gallery.

In order to share such information for any of the above three elements, communication must occur. That is, the reader must understand the contents of the report. Thus, the “style”, “flare”, “literary prose” indeed the “poetic” nature of the report seems irrelevant in the face of actually imparting the information.

General and specific “venue” reporting:

Basic Amer-English (American / English) is the boards native language. The use of “gangsta rap” (excellent description Happy Head!) is thus rightly frowned upon. Likewise with cell-text abbreviation styles. Spelling and grammar are basic etiquettes in any written language. The availability of FREE online word processors / text editors means no one has an excuse to misspell words. Thus for non-native Amer-English communicators, grammatical errors can be overlooked to varying degrees. Spelling can not.

In the end it comes down to fulfilling the basic premise of communication: clarity.

Photo gallery:

“Visual” is the most primeval of all the types of communication. Blurred photos of chicas, extreme distance shots and very large-photo posts are unacceptable. We must all agree with this. Are these examples of communication any different to confused, rambling, unpunctuated reports? I think not.

Regards,

Havanaman

[Ballsy Siegel 2]

I disagree with Redneck. Small communities will by definition have fewer posts. So keeping the posts alive helps identify possible scouting grounds, which also reappear over time.

As to grammatical corrections, I appreciate the lack of gangsta rap. But it seems overboard to worry about spelling and grammar for all the reasons already stated.

And it can inhibit the free expression of horniness that one might want to convey.

Controversial and just a thought, not yet my opinion, might the writing style and ability of the reviewer help in our assessment of the similarity of our tastes to those of the author?

[Drogue]

I agree that minimum standards must be upheld, but at the same time it may take too much of your time to police them, time that could be spent on more worthwhile causes. Maybe, instead of correcting the minor infractions, label them in a way to discourage repeat offenses such as a star system or whatever for each post. Also if they are blatantly bad refuse the post and just list the offenders name and say it was impossible to post due to misspelling, grammar, etc.

[World Traveler]

Jackson:

Please do not waste too much of your time on correcting minor typing, punctuation, or similar problems in written posts. Spend your time and energy on other things like EXPELLING those who don¡¯t follow the general rules and go off-topic. Believe me, when we are reading a report, our least concern is punctuation. Plus if you are reporting from a job-site, you don¡¯t have time to worry too much about punctuation and grammar. Your first priority is to send the message so that others wouldn¡¯t miss out ¡¦. and go back to punting.

[GoodEnough]

Jackson:

This is a unique site that provides valuable information for its members. The value of the site is only enhanced by imposing guidelines that make it easier to read posts written in standard English. The guinelines are onorous, they're necessary and reasonable.

[Philip]

I would like to see the size of photos increased to 800x600. This would have no effect on costs (your bandwidth use) if the size limit is not changed, but maybe if you drop it down to a lower figure it would be cheaper. There is plenty of good free software to reduce the file size.

Thanks

[Motorback]

I believe the posting rules should be kept as they are. We all speak to different levels and vocabs. Keeping the posting rules as they are now keeps everything and everyone on the same level. That said it also makes more work for Jackson and other moderators in the editing dept.

[Redneck3565]

Is it possible (in the interest of "creating space", and not having some forums so muddled), that posts that are older then 90 days can be "archived" or even deleted (if they appear to be in a small, "non-active" community). Since the SW's out there are "hit and miss" anyway, it would seem that any post about SW's in an area that is older then 90 days is "ancient history". While I am sure there IS limitless space for posting in the forums, I do not see the point in having the boards clogged with "antiquated" posts, and about "one-time only" experiences in small communities.