what is the purpose of the membership in these forum?

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by RDGAC

Stefan,

As I understand it, the prohibition on discourse regarding currently active sales of arms and armour is a measure for the protection of the site. To quote the relevant part of the Forum Rules and Regulations:



The difficulty is that, should a potential buyer for an item be put off buying, or demand a reduction in price, because of discussion he or she spots here, the seller may be left out of pocket. The seller, in turn, may be inclined to seek legal redress for his or her loss of earnings, especially if it turns out that the forumites' assessment of the item was incorrect.

For instance, if you were to post a gun I were selling, and remark that it was too badly damaged by far to be worth its current price, I might decide to sue the site (vikingsword.com), on the grounds that they had unfairly, without seeing the item first-hand, and without taking any pains to contact me, caused me loss of earnings. Were I particularly thin-skinned, I might also seek damages for defamation written by the members (for example, if someone on here were to say "he's always doing this, overpricing knackered old guns"), although that would likely be a lot harder to pursue.

In any case, this may be frustrating (and I understand the frustration of seeing a thread swiftly and unilaterally stopped - Ibrahiim probably remembers the Restoration Workshop Library thread, which was summarily closed), but on the whole it's for the protection of the forum and its members. I for one would be bloody annoyed to see Ethnographic Arms and Armour vanish because some seller decided to reach for his solicitors!

Best wishes and hoping you'll stay here,

Meredydd

Salaams RDGAC ~ Oh yes ! I remember that brilliant thread ~ What was it called again ... oh yes http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14017 I sometimes pop along and see that one as its got some good stuff on it...
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[ariel]

Is it the official policy of the entire Forum, or only of this particular sub-Forum?

The sister sub-Forum Keris Warung Kopi is, as we speak, cheerfully discussing another new book, its academic level and, - oh horror! - the price:-)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...921#post147921

[David]

Originally Posted by ariel

Is it the official policy of the entire Forum, or only of this particular sub-Forum?

The sister sub-Forum Keris Warung Kopi is, as we speak, cheerfully discussing another new book, its academic level and, - oh horror! - the price:-)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...921#post147921

Please forgive me Andrew for this brief re-opening of this issue, however, i think that it is important to allow Ariel and others who may be asking themselves the above question to understand what the differences are here. Though numbers are being thrown around on this book discussions on the keris forum, this thread was presented as a discussion of the book itself without any further information on how or where to buy the book. The question being raised here is whether or not this (or any) book is worth the cover price. It is not a commercial advertisement for the book as the Samurai thread appeared to be. Apples and oranges. For clarification, the rules on commercial threads in the keris forum are the same as they are in any of the other sub forums and will be dealt with in the same manner.

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Salaams RDGAC ~ Oh yes ! I remember that brilliant thread ~ What was it called again ... oh yes http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14017 I sometimes pop along and see that one as its got some good stuff on it...
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Namaste Ibrahiim,

You've got your own website, why not start a section for these big project/database threads there and invite people to contribute?
you could run them whatever way you want to then.

Just a thought.