Inactive members and really old for sale posts...
 

Admin,

Could we please find a way to:

1. close old for sale threads (people are currently asking about items on a for sale thread and the member hasn't been on in over 6 months)

2. close innactive nondonating accounts (no activity after a certain period of time)

I know you can't go through and find all of these yourself but if we happen to come across them maybe we could report it them to you in some way.

Just thinking... :D

gee girlie you should become part of the admin staff... and just do the searching.. I have found old for sale threads too.. get excited to find out that it was OLD OLD!!!!!

anne

sounds like a great idea, it's frustrating to think you found a sale but it's from LAST YEAR...

thanks for whatever..

Thank you for your feedback. Feel free to report old for sale threads and we will close them. We do not see a way for us to automatically close threads older than x period of days or months.

There are many members who come onto YorkieTalk, then go away for a while, and then come back. We feel that as we are a resource for Yorkie owners and parents, we should keep accounts open. We do not see the need to close inactive accounts or force people to post or anything like that.

sounds like a great idea, I sure wouldn't want to go away for a while and come back and find that I have been deleted...
Thanks for agreat site!!!!!!
Sharon

:thumbup: yes your right admin.. some people read more then they post as they are here solely to learn about yorkies and healthy issues.. showing and the list goes on.. there are times I am not here myself.. if my life is busy... anne

I know there are alot of people who do not post but do log on to read and retrieve information. But I know that just by doing the daily Birthday wishes, I always come across people's accounts who have not logged on since the year 2005, those accounts should maybe be closed and it might free up space for the site.

That's what I was talking about. Infact, some have never posted - but I guess that's ok. I just figured if they haven't posted by now - they're not going to. And, if it's info that they're looking for - they're still able to read the important forums. Besides, if it were me - I wouldn't be able to remember my sign on if I didn't use it regularly. :D

Just a thought - not a bid deal.

Thanks Admin! :thumbup:

Rachel, haven't you noticed that some haven't been on since 2004?:D

I was very appreciative that you kept my account open during my absence. I had an important reason for not being able to be here. But when I needed you, I still had a reminder in my email that quickly led me back. I see the benefit in closing old sale threads but am thankful you keep the welcome mat out for folks who need to be away for extended periods.

I'm a OLD returning member. Saw this and had to comment and ask a question. I noticed on one of yorkieluvinmoma's blogs she gave a persons name and address as being a bad breeder. Someone else commented that person should be put on the warning forum. Is there a warning forum? If so, where is it? In my opinion I don't think a member of Yorkie Talk should be allowed to ADVERTISE a person as being a bad breeder. Yorkieluvinmoma has also listed this persons name on her website,..saying WARNING! WARNING!!!! along with the persons name. She has a website so that tells me she makes her living selling yorkies. Yorkieluvinmoma doesn't even know the person she talking about, or the circumstances involved. I use this site for information, not to bad mouth/SLANDER breeders. Please tell me your rules on this.

Members are free to review breeders, vets, or groomers if they would like here on YorkieTalk. We allow the breeders, vets, and groomers to respond if they are unhappy with a review. There are many YorkieTalk members who appreciate reading reviews, whether they are good or bad. Members can decide for themselves whether or not a review is valid or baseless.

We can not and do not control what members may write on their own personal Web sites. Thank you.

I am one of the ppl who come here read a lot but post hardly ever, as you can see for over a year and a half I have 200 posts. I am not a donating member, and I am away alot. I would absolutely hate that I was removed from the site just because I wasn't here for a certain amount of time. Thank you Admin for not doing this.

Thanks for your reply. I support freedom of speech. To comment on the length of time a blog is left on your site. I'm glad you leave the blogs, not so sure about the sales advertisements. My main reason for asking my last question was to get the go ahead to give my side of the story, because I'm the person Yorkielovinmoma was speaking of. During the time yorkielovinmoma left her comments about me, I was also trying to help care for my dying mother. My mother had Alzheimers and passed away six months ago. It hasn't been until now that I'm catching up on things I had to let go during her illness. I do have a email from the lady (Trish Ellis) Yorkielovinmoma was speaking of. In the email Mrs Ellis told me I could use her dog for free (stud service) she just wanted to make sure the puppies got good homes. The lady "Trish Ellis" took me to court and won. I'm sure she knew the judge because his mind was made up before I went to court. He didn't even allow the email she had sent me. Before our court date I was sure she would take the two puppies and drop the court case. The day of court, she decided she wanted money instead, which she got. Yorkielovinmoma or Amanda Moyers accompanied Mrs. Ellis to court and testified in her behalf. I had never seen Amanda Moyers, and she knew only what Mrs. Ellis had told her about me. The worst thing is, the stud that (AKA ) yorkielovinmoma, "Amanda Moyers" sold to Mrs Ellis, carried the clef pallet gene. My first female yorkie had three puppies and two died at birth. When my second female came in heat about three weeks after the first was bred, I mentioned it to Mrs. Ellis and she begged me to use her male again. This liter was a C-section delivery and one puppy didn't live a day due to clef pallet. Amanda Moyer advertised Trish Ellis's dog "Jiggy" on her website as being a proven stud after my puppies were born. Even though my puppies were never registered. I verified this through AKC. I asked AKC if Mrs. Ellis's stud had fathered any other liters that I wasn't aware of. Their reply was no "Trish's Gettin Jiggy With It" had not fathered a liter. Both of my females have since gave birth to a liter. Those puppies had no signs of clef pallet. The clef pallet gene had to be coming from (Trish Ellis's Stud "Jiggy") Jiggy originated from Amanda Moyers (AKA) yorkielovinmoma, as I mentioned before.Mrs. Ellis was aware of my mother illness and promised to help me care for the puppies, which she did nothing as far as help. I asked her several times to sign a contract (before I used her male Jiggy) and her reply was "we're friends we don't need to do that". Stupid on my part for ever believing her. Mrs. Ellis had already told me her husband wouldn't let her have another dog, because they already had two yorkies. I'm so sorry now that I ever trusted her as a friend. I learned a valuable lesson and that is...ALWAYS have a contract. I'll never trust someone I thought was a friend. Please post this so everyone can see. I'd be glad to forward anyone the email Mrs. Ellis sent me, telling me she would not charge me a stud fee. Another thing I'm sure a lot of people aren't aware of. Even after I paid what the judge awarded Mrs Ellis, it is still listed on my credit report until Mrs. Ellis releases me of the debt. I've written Mrs. Ellis a (certified letter) one year ago this month, asking her to release me of the debt in order to get it off my credit and she has yet to do so. After two years and no help from Mrs Ellis, my intentions are to take her back to court. My last and final question is, CAN I TAKE THE BLOGS THAT AMANDA MOYERS LEFT ON YOUR SITE to use when I go to court??? Please let me know. Lord knows I don't want to get myself in another mess. Amanda Moyer threatened to report me to AKC when she found out I would be taking her along with Mrs. Ellis back to court. That doesn't bother me at all. I told her to go ahead, that I was in good standing with AKC. I'm not a puppy mill. I live in a subdivision and my yorkies live in my home. When Amanda Moyers called me to give me her threats, I asked her what she had to gain by going to court with Mrs. Ellis especially since she didn't even know me. Her reply was that she believed Mrs. Ellis. I'm guessing Mrs. Ellis promised her one of the yorkie puppies. I sure wouldn't get involved in a court case unless there was something in it for me, especially if I was only going on what I had heard about a person. If you listed yorkielovinmoma's blogs about me, then you should list this one. There are plenty of other things I have to tell YorkieTalk members about my ordeal with Amanda Moyers, and Mrs. Ellis but my main concern is taking her input on your site, about me, to court and getting my credit straightened out. What I've just said might help someone from going through what I did with money hungry people. Makes me disappointed in, not only yorkie breeders, but owners as well. I had intended to pay the judgment and mark it off as a lesson learned until my credit got involved. The good Lord will deal with the both of them I'm sure and may have already. Until then I need to deal with my credit. As far as being a good breeder, my reputation speaks for itself so that doesn't bother me. I'm just way to trusting, and because of that, people take advantage of me. Especially those people only interested in money.