Not really Paul, the rules where in your first comment and it's part of the leads Leads to Deals Section package we are voting on here.
If you wanted that it will be only on the matter of the Leads to Deals Section then you shouldn't have added the rules.

I don't like how he looks at me...

Great photo though, i like the composition and the dof you use.
What lens did you used?

No more free shipment from SRS for Bret

Sorry Bret i can't agree.
We are now discussing the rules while we would actually need to discuss if we want this section or not.
You should first look if the idea is viable and then how to implement it.

Now we must vote if we want the section with those rules, like you see i'm against the rules so i voted no. i wonder how many did the same.

newbs selling stuff is not relevant we already have the classified ad for that and that's not under discussion now.

trying to advertise dodgy links i read that as spamming, we already have rules against that so why do we single out the newbies, because they always spam? isn't that discrimination, since when is that legal?
As far as i know it's only a small group that spam and they won't stop because there is a newbie rule so i don't see a reason to put axtra rules up against the new members.
And who said the mods must moderate it?

(new members, come on i can need your support:!

Lovely photos Hefty, must be quite a hard decision to sell this rare beauty.

Boudou your last photo is just stunning, i like that one more then the first one.

You just know nothing about art
Really if you ain't a good photographer and everybody says so just call yourself an artists and the problem is solved

But some deals are already being posted though, i don't think it will get any worse then how it is now but all the topics will be in one place.

It's your photo if you want to print it for your wall you should just do it.
it's you who need to like it not them right?

But isn't it more important now to find out how many want to have such a section rather then already have all kinds of rules for it?
And since it's a democracy, who have made up those rules that ISO talks about?

About the last two rules, here is the equivalent.
Trade would not be allowed to place Ads
Actually i readed that one wrong
But we have the classified ads for that right?
So you can stick this one under that.
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There are already rules for that to delete those and ban the user why also the measurement against the newbies?
Why should the new members we're only planning to do good suffer because off the spammers?