For-Sale/Trade and Wanted-to-Buy Topic Headings...

Excellent suggestion. I hope people read this and start to do it.

I agree, I've gone to many subjects thinking it is a good conversation only to find kits for sale or wanting to buy

I'm on it..!!!

Anything that can help, will do!!!!

How about all  subjects be a little more descriptive?   Some of the subject lines are so general like "Help".  I'm certainly not suggesting a whole thread in the subject line but just a slightly more descriptive thread title.

I agree with David and Marty. I think folks get too caught up in trying to be funny or clever with the subject line. If it's too cryptic or general, I won't click on it. 

Andy

And people please update your item titles as sold.

Or reply back to emails saying they are sold.

OGR Webmaster posted:

Excellent suggestion. I hope people read this and start to do it.

Not sure how much of a priority this is, but maybe Hoop.la has a feature for pre-populating a subject line as part of a form. The thought being that if you post to Want to Buy the subject line would already read "WTB: " and then the user would fill in the rest of the description. Might be an automated fix available v relying on lots of users to change habits. Just a thought.

Great topic Marty, I know we've all thought it but have never voice it, until now. Maybe a organized form style with drop down lists & columns format for the description/title?

Great Idea, will make note of it, thank you.

I just updated my "FS" listing.

Thanks for the suggestion!

smilesrs posted:

Great topic Marty, I know we've all thought it but have never voice it, until now. Maybe a organized form style with drop down lists & columns format for the description/title?

Rocky Mountaineer gets the thread starter credit.  I just think it applies to more than just Buy / Sell.

I think it was discussed back with the last update to the forum, and maybe it wasn't possible with the software?  In any case it would be REALLY nice if the recent posts sidebar showed what forum the post was on.  Aside form helping people find or avoid FS/WTB threads, it would also help people to find or avoid Scale forum posts or whatever other sub boards they are, or are not, interested in.  

JGL

You're right Marty, sorry David.  Got my names and face sdrawkcab! 

Adding with David's suggestion, it helps to add if you have for sale items that  are 2 rail or 3 rail in the title....

Maybe our fearless leader could make a topic consisting of "checklist" of  suggestions, not requirements?

For instance

- manufacturer

- model number

- road name

- a link to the manufacturer's web page, if it exists?

Or maybe a topic combined  list of requirements and suggestions?

It always gets me when someone doesn't list a road name, it almost always is either Sante Fe or PRR, like there are no other roadnames that matter.

I have thought of creating a listing titled just "Trains" just to see if anyone gets the joke.

illinoiscentral posted:

Maybe our fearless leader could make a topic consisting of "checklist" of  suggestions, not requirements?

For instance

- manufacturer

- model number

- road name

- a link to the manufacturer's web page, if it exists?

Or maybe a topic combined  list of requirements and suggestions?

It always gets me when someone doesn't list a road name, it almost always is either Sante Fe or PRR, like there are no other roadnames that matter.

I have thought of creating a listing titled just "Trains" just to see if anyone gets the joke.

I'd agree with all but the web page part, I think if we are still talking subject lines, there isn't a way to include a web link in a thread title.

Of course this can go the other way too.  Way back when I had a very thorough listing of items in my title(probably 3-4 items), but it was deemed too long so the mods shortened it for me to something that meant nothing.

I understand the problem of having a multi-line wrap subject in the summary to the right of the page, so the balance is somewhere in between.

-Dave

I would like to also suggest editing the title instead of the post when your item is sold or found.

John H posted:

I would like to also suggest editing the title instead of the post when your item is sold or found.

No need to edit - just delete it.

-Greg