Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-2234967-20160117114955/@comment-24743922-20160213033319

Nerfdude wrote: JetCell wrote: Mojo1970 wrote: JetCell wrote: As for a marketplace forum, I'm very iffy on doing so, as that could get the wiki involved with legal issues. Really? Are there instances of other forums having such troubles? It's not like the Wiki would have to take responsibility for anything - buyer beware and so on - except for obvious cases of illegal trafficking (of non-Nerf items).

I did look around at Wikia's rules and found nothing against selling/trading things on wikis hosted by them. And yes, I feel like other Nerf-related sites are often well self-moderated about trades within the community. I think my main issue with having trading and selling on here is that this site is very accessable for underage kids, who really shouldn't be here in the first place, but will sign up anyway and fake their age. Giving their personal info out online would be breaking a rule set by Wikia (and is also a legal issue internet-wide), which can result in less desirable things, as well as angry parents threatening against the site because of something their own child did.

If there was a way to private message users on here, I'd be more willing to consider this, since things could be private and not in the open (ie: giving away Skype usernames or emails that can be abused by spam bots or awful people). If the community grows and people continue to ask for a trading board, then we can discuss it in the future. But for now, it may be best to leave it as it is right now and return to it later. What if we created a buy sell trade Facebook page for the wiki? I'd be willing to set it up and give you, Pedroh, Gage amd I full access. I know I'm not an admin but if I set it up it would be logical for me to have the password. Also. We could PM people and no one under 13 would be allowed due to Facebooks rules. Just a thought. Personally, I think it is too much work for us to coordinate. I mean... Buy and sell? It is too much!

But let's see what Jet and GameGear have to say.