[kq76]

I was hoping to get more input than this, but seeing as how what we did get is 100% in agreeance we'll move forward.

Now I don't want to go too far in deleting threads by people who at least tried to meet the requirements, but we should enforce it to a point where if you don't at least try then it will be deleted. Some are probably going to complain regardless, but I just want say that while what gets deleted and what doesn't might seem inconsistent, I'm going to at least try to be consistent. At the end of the day it's about trying to make it easier to match people and leagues up and hopefully that will happen.

What I was thinking was to only judge threads that were started after a certain date (not ones that are bumped up a year later, maybe those should be closed?) and then once anyone (not just myself) has posted asking the original poster to conform to the guidelines they'll then have say 72 hours (too long, too short?) to do so or risk their thread being deleted. Does that sound fair enough?

If someone is a repeat offender, however, they don't get the benefit of the warning and grace period, I'll just delete their threads that don't meet the reqs as soon as I see them. I'll have to keep a list. In fact, I think I'll just issue them a board warning to make sure they get the point. They can be set to expire so there shouldn't be any worry over getting banned over just this.

Finally, I'm not a big fan of Markus's list. While it is short which is nice, it doesn't include a lot of things I think most people look for. My suggested list is below, but I worry it might be too long. The whole point of making people include it is to help online leagues, but if it's too much work it defeats the point by discouraging people from posting at all. So, I'd like some feedback on it and feel free to post your suggested lists. I'll try to include some brief reasoning for each inclusion.

As I'd still like to get some more input/feedback, I won't start checking threads yet. I'll announce it in this thread once I do start. I'd like to start next week.

My Suggested List:

Full League Name (Initials): -you need to easily differentiate and recoginize leagues somehow
Main URL: -why some ads don't include this as a must for an online league is beyond me, even if you haven't started yet
Reports URL: -not absolutely necessary, but personally I find it makes checking a league so much easier if I can easily find the reports, yet some leagues it's near impossible to find a link to them
Boards URL: -not absolutely necessary, but good to see activity and check up on questions you think might be answered in the forum, but, again, sometimes the link is difficult to find
Commissioner(s) OOTP Forum Username(s): -quick rep check and good if you want to contact the boss with questions
Email Address: -necessary to contact for questions, some people like AIM, but everybody uses email to some degree
OOTP Version: (9, '07/8, '06, 6.x, 5) -quick check to see if an ad is posted on the right board, but checking the reports are more reliable as sometimes they don't match
Game Needed: (No, Preferred, Required) -necessary if you'd like to join a league, but don't have the game or if you don't want to be bothered with people who don't have it
Players: (Fictional, Historical, Modern (real current / fictional futuristic), Mixed (other)) -good to quickly check whether it fits what you're looking for
# of Teams: -not absolutely necessary, but some people prefer small leagues, some large leagues
Export Deadlines Days And Times: -not absolutely necessary in my mind, but I suspect other people might very much like to quickly know this
League Time Per Sim: -not absolutely necessary probably most of the time, but some might like to quickly exclude fast or slow moving leagues
First Season: -not absolutely necessary, but in conjunction with the previous and last inclusions it gives you a good idea of how long the league has been running, but some people cheat in my mind by simming several years before starting their leagues and then counting the very first year as their first season; I'm not a fan of saying how many seasons you've been running as that is usually not updated whereas even if latest season isn't updated you can quickly check that on the reports
Latest Season: -not absolutely necessary, but it gives somebody a good quick idea of where in time a league is, especially for historical and modern leagues
Special Rules & Settings: -not absolutely necessary, but I think a lot of leagues would and should include some things that separate it from others
Currently Available Teams: -why don't all ads do this? people should even update their original posts in their thread, not just post an update at the end

I think a list like the above would give someone a lot of info very quickly, but, again, is it all too much to ask advertisers to do?