A question about Service Announcements/Project Development

[DiamondCardz]

This is mainly aimed at those who have probably had to move threads out of Project Development before, so Patrollers and Global Moderators+, really.

Where do you draw the line between Service Announcements and Project Development?

Quite a lot of announcements for various services and good sellers are posted in Project Development, and I'm just looking to find the staff opinion on what warrants the announcement for something to be in Project Development. Does the announcement have to explicitly make it clear that there is development going on actively? Or can an announcement be posted there if the service is already active and running but they are planning on adding a new feature or something similar?

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[DiamondCardz]

[Apologies for the double post but I feel this has been buried]

These 2 threads also seem to be a bit weird to me:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895633.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128635.0

Now the thing with those threads is, they're selling scripts. It doesn't relate to the development of Bitcoin-related projects, there is no development diary/tracking/information. So what has been keeping one thread in there for longer than 2 years, and the other even after a report (at least, I'm fairly sure I reported it)? Clarification would be awesome. Thanks.

[shorena]

This is mainly aimed at those who have probably had to move threads out of Project Development before, so Patrollers and Global Moderators+, really.

Im none of those, but I report plenty of post from the general bitcoin discussion section that get moved into both.

Where do you draw the line between Service Announcements and Project Development?

IMHO the difference is

Service ANN: Hey, we made this. Take a look!
Proj. Dev.: Hey, Im/we're trying to get this to work, but need more X, Y and/or Z.

Does the announcement have to explicitly make it clear that there is development going on actively? Or can an announcement be posted there if the service is already active and running but they are planning on adding a new feature or something similar?

Thus, for me, its the later. An ANN can be made if the main service is allready running. Id actually expect a service to improve over time. The question is: do you have something thats working or not.

[Apologies for the double post but I feel this has been buried]

Consider this a free bump even though I am not staff

These 2 threads also seem to be a bit weird to me:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895633.0

IMHO should be in digital goods with all the other sold source code/scripts. Either that or in services, but I dont think CoinFeeder is going to support the code.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128635.0

Same as above. Fully developed software, ready for sale. At least it looks like this.

So what has been keeping one thread in there for longer than 2 years, and the other even after a report (at least, I'm fairly sure I reported it)? Clarification would be awesome. Thanks.

Some sections are handled more often than others.

The unofficial list[1] says:

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Guidelines for threads

Some boards which are obvious were left out of the list

Section: Bitcoin
Project Development - Organization of Bitcoin and related projects (sites, software not yet developed/in development), bounty campaigns, advertising etc. No hiring here although "looking for partners" threads should be here.

Section: Economy
Service Announcements (child board of Marketplace) - "New services and significant information about existing services. Do not create excessive "announcements" just to advertise your service." All Bitcoin service website announcements should go here.
-snip-

The red parts are my emphasis

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0#post_guidelines

[DiamondCardz]

Yeah, I was thinking that both of those threads should be in Digital Goods because they're basically ready-to-sell scripts. I agree with the vast majority of what you said. Any staff input?

[DiamondCardz]

Let's bump this back up. Just seeking a little bit of clarification.

[BadBear]

[Apologies for the double post but I feel this has been buried]

These 2 threads also seem to be a bit weird to me:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895633.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128635.0

Now the thing with those threads is, they're selling scripts. It doesn't relate to the development of Bitcoin-related projects, there is no development diary/tracking/information. So what has been keeping one thread in there for longer than 2 years, and the other even after a report (at least, I'm fairly sure I reported it)? Clarification would be awesome. Thanks.

You did report it, but it was still pending/unhandled, though one had been moved. Both of those do belong in digital goods. There's always going to be some overlap with project development and service announcements, same with trading discussion and service discussion, so there's no fine line. Some threads would fit fine in either, downside of board based forums. I agree with what Shorena said though.