Updated the ebay / offbay labeling instructions for the new boards to describe using tags instead.

@AJD I know you can manage your attachments here:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/attachments/

And that would allow you to mass delete. And you CAN add images you have previously uploaded to a new post via the "insert other media" option.

There is a way to move items between galleries, but I'm not sure whether that's just a moderator action, or someone an album owner has access to do. See the attached screen shot for where those controls are.

Hello,

Just make sure you read the guidelines carefully and follow them. You can find them at the link below. Good luck!

22 minutes ago, DeadOne said:

I think creating an official PL nomination thread is a good idea for anyone who feels that they were wronged in some way. Even if the offense doesn't fully qualify for PL, it would still be easily searchable by the nominated person's name in the Marketplace Forum, putting it out there for others to decide if they want to put that person on a personal "do not deal with" list.

 

The probation forum is basically that. If someone wants to see if there have been bad transactions highlighted - even if it's short of adding them to the probation list - they can look for nominations by searching that forum.  Like this:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/search/?q=tristan&type=forums_topic&nodes=82

Based on the feedback on my recent thread on this issue, it looks like some people are favoring a strongly worded rule that makes it clear that sellers can only have one open thread per marketplace section at a time. Basically, cut out the ambiguity, and one thread is plenty anyway is the thinking.

This sentiment seems to have changed a bit since the original formulation of the rules for a variety of decent reasons, I'm sure. But just to double check how the larger group feels about it rather than rely on comments alone, here's a poll.

UPDATE: Thank you all for your input. We've updated this rule to allow just one thread per user on the front page of a particular sub-forum. See the usage guidelines thread for details.

Ok. Give it a shot on the next one and see what happens. If the jury is still  out, and people are unsure, we can try a second trial and then decide from there. @CCGmod0 and @CCGmod2 just a heads-up about this trial.

Hi all,

I started a thread here to help gather some guidance for new sellers on what is too many threads versus not:

Thanks for any help you can give!

Hi all,

We have had a rule for a long time to group for sale items into "as few threads as is reasonable" to avoid wars for front page space. The rule itself has very limited information about what constitutes "reasonable", and in fact opinions vary on what is reasonable. It seems to be a bit of a trial and error process for new users.

I was hoping you would all help out by contributing some examples of thread splitting that is OK versus thread splitting that isn't OK. These posts can serve as "case law" examples for new users to help them get a better feel for what the right treatment is, instead of just the word "reasonable".

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: Thank you all for your input. We've updated this rule to allow just one thread per user on the front page of a particular sub-forum. See the usage guidelines thread for details.

I've read the thread and seen the poll. Personally, I don't have much of a problem with a trial, although I'll stop short of saying that is a decision for the moment.

Just as reminder, the reason that the rule was made originally was that people didn't like going to ebay, reviewing a bunch of books, then coming here and ending up just paging through the same books. The feeling was that people who were buying were reviewing ebay anyway, so there just wasn't value in posting books both places.

Does that rationale apply to the VCC as well? Would people find it tedious to do their "regular eBay review" only to come here and wade through the same stuff?

On 9/12/2018 at 5:29 PM, CCComics said:

Got a question, can a comic book store event be posted here, like a store signing? If not, is there somewhere on the boards that it can be? Thanks, you guys.

Yep! Sounds like a great thing to post.

1 hour ago, skypinkblu said:

@Architecht

The thread you posted was from 2009, there have been many changes since then that make it harder for new members to know about the HOS and Probation list and for people to FIND it.

While your link in the sales forums is helpful, it's hard to make sense of if you are new and click on it.  It also might be confusing to new people and even some older people.  I had made the suggestion about a custom title a long time ago and I understand why you can't do that, however, instead of just having a link to the "probation forum" on the top of the sales thread, would it be possible for there to be a direct link to the probation and HOS list instead? 

It might help people see what is going on more easily and even if it saves just one bad transaction for someone, it should be worth it.  I'd like it in red so it stands out, but I'd settle for a more specific link.

No easy way that I see to link to the most RECENT HOS/Probation list post. It's easy to link to the thread, or to a specific page number, but no dynamic link that will always take you to the last page.

I did just turn the links red, though, and up the size. Easy to do, and a good idea so they're not missed.

Hi all,

This issue isn't a new one, and has been addressed before. Just for reference, if you're curious about past discussions - here is one thread (among many by the community in general) where moderation treatment was outlined.

The most relevant portion of that thread in terms of moderation policy is probably this:

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To be clear, hashing this issue out on the probation thread, and providing probation list notifications within the marketplace on a listed person's posts is ok.

 

Trailing the dispute all over the other forums where it is not on-topic is not ok.

 

Masking or any other posting guideline violations in the discussion of this or any other topic -- where ever it occurs -- also not ok.

The buy/sell area isn't monitored or policed by moderation in terms of transaction success / failure. Posting guidelines are enforced, but not more than that. There are a number of reasons for that.

1. CGC isn't responsible for transactions, and can't verify what did or didn't happen between parties in a transaction. For the legal version of this, please see our terms of use - as I don't want to misword the actual limitations. In general, though, we can see what has been posted, but we can't tell what happened away from the boards. The boards are an advertising venue in that regard, not a transaction processor. Transactions are the responsibility of the parties of the transaction.
    
2. The HOS and probation lists are great community-run tools to "review" buyers and sellers, but they have never been mandatory for all transactions on the boards. That's not just a moderation rule, it has been a community conclusions as well. Some people don't mind working with HOS / probation list members. That's their decision - wise or unwise.
    
3. A person's inability to transact responsibly doesn't mean they are incapable of being a contributing poster, which is why we don't ban them for what may or may not have happened in a transaction.
    
4. We think that providing relevant factual information on a buy/sell thread - dispassionately and simply, is something the community can do without running afoul of moderation guidelines - meaning on either a buy or sell post, one simply reminder that this person has a history on the HOS or probation lists is appropriate. But it doesn't need to get nasty, it doesn't need to be all over the boards - marketplace only please - and it doesn't need to be repetitive.

Are there exceptions to this? Yes.

If, for example, law enforcement verifies that a person has engaged in criminal activity related to the comics community, we may ban them because a trusted authority has established the facts. CGC may ban someone based on its own verified knowledge of the actions of an individual, but it's not related to being on or off the HOS or probation list directly. We also have banned specific individuals when the community disruption is too significant to tolerate - but others causing the disruption may go with them - judged on a case by case basis.

Regarding the PM issues

Again, members are buying and selling at their own risk, but we encourage everyone to take full advantage of the community knowledge of the reliability and honesty of various members based on past actions and make their own judgments. PMs are not just a tool to discuss buying and selling on the boards, though. I get it. Someone on the HOS list who PMs a newer user may conduct buys and sells without anyone alerting the newer user to the community tools, or to a particular person's status on them. It's something worth thinking about.

The Infinite Golden Age Threads List

This thread is a link to a search that lists cool threads in the Golden Age boards that are never ending.

Hi,

The best thing to do is to start a journal, and post these updates there.

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/?filter=my_blogs

That area is intended to give people a place to share their personal views on comics in more of a posting-to-the-masses way rather than a discussion format. But it still allows comments and discussions!

15 hours ago, DeadOne said:

Are you trying to do it in bulk or something? What's the need?

This might be an interesting tip for you, depending on what you are trying to accomplish:

Say you have 30 spoiler blocks in a row.  Highlight all of them, and copy. When you go to paste (at least on windows), right-click and choose "paste as plain text".

20 hours ago, DeadOne said:

Is there any way, when editing a post, to remove the spoiler tags without disturbing the contents within the spoiler tags?

 

test

Copy and paste it outside of spoiler tags, and then delete the original block.

Is there any way, when editing a post, to remove the spoiler tags without disturbing the contents within the spoiler tags?

21 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

@kav @Architecht

Anybody Else Having This Problem?

The Chatboard's keep signing me out .... happened several times today.... ugh

I saw something about a fix in the small update we haven't applied yet (4.3.3) for session handling. That may be the bug that is causing this behavior. We'll look into it. In the meantime, you could try clearing your cookies and signing in fresh.

@Scott =)

I think this may be a performance bug that came in as part of the software upgrade. We already have a ticket open on this one, and were advised that a new minor release (4.3.3) has a fix for a performance related problem. I can't be 100% sure that is the problem here, but we'll probably need to install this fix before troubleshooting.

Just as an FYI, we have a process of rolling out new releases to some smaller boards first before bringing them to CGC, so CGC doesn't always get these releases right away, but we're more sure they don't break anything significant when applied as the trade off.

That fact that we're seeing timeouts in the current version though, will add priority to getting this latest one applied.

Moved from newbie questions to comics general. Seems more appropriate.

On 3/5/2018 at 7:11 PM, DeadOne said:

I'm looking forward to messing around with the new Gallery functions, Arch, that are coming with 4.3. Is there anyway you could let us know when these are implemented?

Sorry if this is a bit off topic.

4.3 is out

Penalty box!

2 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Hey Arch? it would still be nice if we could type them in I bothered to learn them an all

test

typing them in works for me...  

What browser / device are you using where it doesn't work?

5 minutes ago, Jerkfro said:

Oh boy, more smilies and in black and white? What is this 1950s TV? That will make the board a powerhouse again, just like the like feature did. Huzzah!

I have configured that out of existence. 

BUT the search bar is still really cool.

3 minutes ago, Mr.Mcknowitall said:

Yes, I noticed that, and it is annoying having to scroll down and down and down past all the B&W stuff to get to the good ones.

I prefer clicking on and seeing the old good stuff all lined up for me.

I also worry what Kav is going to do now.

I also don't like that if you scroll down and down and down to the old good stuff and use one, the one you used is then placed above all the B&W stuff, so that now all the good stuff is either at the top or the bottom.

Ah, that must be part of the new version that was released. I'll see how configurable that is.

In the meantime though - try the emoji search!  For example, type banana in the search bar in the emoji pop up.

13 hours ago, Toz said:

I am running Windows 8.1 and use Chrome most of the time.I had to reset my password recently and after I did that I can't reach the boards.The Census works fine but I get a timed out error message when I try to go to the boards.I can switch to IE and the boards come up fine but it's just so infernally slow.

Message is  Error 504 Gateway time-out.

Any ideas?

 

 

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