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AbrahamLincolnBrigade1938 ( 110 )
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Why is my post locked?

Post by AbrahamLincolnBrigade1938 »

Why is my current post locked, when my previous post was 18 July. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
wboyden ( 134 )
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Re: Why is my post locked?

Post by wboyden »

Rule #13: Ad Posting & "Post Bumping"
Please note that Bartertown users are limited to one topic/ad per forum per seven calendar days. Also, they may not "bump" their own topic/ad - ever.
For those of you who don't understand this: Look at a calendar. If I post an ad on 3 July in the 40k forum I may not repost an ad to that forum until 10 July. That is seven calendar days. It's a legal term.

Example:
Let's say I have some LOTR Riders of Rohan I want to get rid of and other miscellaneous stuff from WHFB and 40K. I can post an ad with those items together in the LOTR, WHFB and 40K forums. Seven calendar days later, I can post another ad with the same items OR I can edit the ad at any time.
What I can't do is relist the items every day in each forum.

Helpful Hint: The idea here is to prevent excessive promotion of one's trade/sale items or discussion topics. Users are prohibited via software from making more than one new topic per seven days (4 days for Bartertown Plus members), but there are other ways to self-promote. It's awkward wording, but "post bumping" is a term understood by the greatest number of people.

A Trade Ad should only be placed in the most appropriate forum for the item(s) it contains. If you only have bits or terrain, for example, your ad should only go in the forum for what you have. If you have both, then both forums are the "most appropriate."
-If you only have and/or want 40K models, then your ad should only go in the 40K forum
-If you only have and/or want bits, regardless of the game system, then your ad should only go in the Bits forum
-If you only have and/or want terrain, regardless of the game system, then your ad should only go in the Terrain forum (etc.)

If you've got items that fit into multiple categories, you may cross-post given the stricture above.

You may update your ORIGINAL POST (OP), and you may then immediately leave a reply in the thread stating WHAT was updated. If you fail to update the OP, or fail to state what you updated in the reply; then your thread will be locked for Bumping and you will be given a warning.
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MagickalMemories ( 832 )
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Re: Why is my post locked?

Post by MagickalMemories »

Because you did not provide a link to the post, I haven't looked at it.
I'm going to presume wboyden has the right of it, though.

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Re: Why is my post locked?

Post by 3eland »

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=238868&p=442461#p442461
AbrahamLincolnBrigade1938 wrote:PM sent
This falls under bumping and for that the post was locked. Wboyden is correct.

Rule #13 is two parts. One explains the 7 day posting (which in reality you could not post twice in the 7 days since Bartertown is designed to prevent you to) and the second part is about bumping. Your post was locked for bumping.
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