Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Take the bitterness away from the forum - a happy ending!

[phoenix n max]

Originally Posted by Iconic944ss

Quote from SIte T&C's:

2. Promotion/Advertising :

Please do not post any messages anywhere on this site (other than Trade Adverts) that are primarily for the promotion or advertising of any website, forums, email address, business, activity, or other entities that you have an affiliation with (ie. no self-promotion).

Feel free to correct me - but do I read that as even a link to your own webpage with your race reports or adventures is banned ? EG Self Promotion of your activity ??????

[keefer]

not that this will make the slight bit of difference.
but Mav has a site with a forum that is connected to his business
so whether he was intending to make money or not and the later being more likely, he can not put that link up on this board.
if your race report web makes money in any way shape or form then no I don't believe you can link it up.
bollox I cant be arsed
I'm going to go get drunk

[Iconic944ss]

Originally Posted by keefer

not that this will make the slight bit of difference.
but Mav has a site with a forum that is connected to his business
so whether he was intending to make money or not and the later being more likely, he can not put that link up on this board.
if your race report web makes money in any way shape or form then no I don't believe you can link it up.
bollox I cant be arsed
I'm going to go get drunk

Well said, Sire my thoughts exactly - except that after 'spending' a full day here on msg board, I soon have a 12 hour night shift to do.

Yours, wishing I could get drunk - Frank

[phoenix n max]

Originally Posted by keefer

not that this will make the slight bit of difference.
but Mav has a site with a forum that is connected to his business
so whether he was intending to make money or not and the later being more likely, he can not put that link up on this board.
if your race report web makes money in any way shape or form then no I don't believe you can link it up.
bollox I cant be arsed
I'm going to go get drunk

Right - so your own private web pages that don't link to your business is ok - thanks for clearing that up.

Erm but hang on - if you have a page that links to your sponsors businesses or people who have helped you in some way ( like all of them will ) is that against the rules ?

I'm not being funny btw! - tis just the wording of the above rule is a bit confusing given whats being said here in respect of Mav's website or forum or whatever!

[Lily]

Originally Posted by katana

Do any of those forums cantain pictures of scantily dressed totty?

I can only really say for up north and as I am sure you can appreciate we want to encourage forum usage not scare the bejeesus out of folks so we leave the scantily clad pictures to the pros (dibble and ducati pete) on VD

[TP]

Ducati Pete is a star!

[domski]

Originally Posted by Dseered

MAV is an advertiser on the site !

That's what I thought

[Iconic944ss]

Originally Posted by Dseered

The thing that ****es me off with all this is, as far as I am aware, MAV is an advertiser on the site !

Irritates me too but, Mav isnt a 'paying' advertiser.

The agreement was that due to Mav's continued abuse of the advertising rules on the site that he would be allowed to have a side-bar advertisement for his Nurburgring website and he would offer a free place on a trip abroad to be decided in the future.

Every trader on this website conforms (as far as I'm aware) to the site policy - I've chatted to a few that didnt realise the policy and they have correctly placed them in the trade section or paid for adverts to be displayed.

I've sent polite requests to Keith in the past not to post any more of his own site links, a request that he laughingly ignores and seems to write off to that he is a 'maveric' and above any pathetic written rules.

Before anyone wants to launch in a diatribe and tell me of the things that Keith has done for the 'club', I know about many of them and applaude them, helping members who have broken down or in distress, offering raffle prizes and discount for DSC members are all worthy causes but do not off-set the fact that every weblink to his own websites and services are simply not allowed under the current guidelines.

Just a quick and simple search of SOME of Mav's post's only in 2006 makes for interesting reading:

Minimum Number of times Mav has posted his own website links = 16

Minimum number of times Mav has posted business email links = 11

(This does not include the various requests for members to add themselves to his email listing and mail-shot service).

Why should legitimate traders bother to pay to advertise on our message board when they see this level of abuse taking place?

I'd like to finally add that I personally have no axe to gride with Keith, he has done much to help others and promote the club.

Perhaps it is time for a detailed review of advertising policy on the message board and finally arrive at a workable solution than can be evenly applied to the benefit of traders and members but, until that time, unrestricted self-promotion of a business can't be allowed.

Frank

[Tonio600]

I have to say that I agree with Franck (you already knew that ). Nothing personal towards Madmav, I'm sure he's top bloke. Comments of people about him are a credit to his business. But either we don't have rules, either we've got some. And if we've got some, let's apply them equally.

And as you say... "incoming"

[Henners]

... but he is a cheeky beggar