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Something that confused me at first. The sidebar with links to 'Your Posts' and 'Started by You' only appear if you open a thread (any thread). They don't show up on the Group main page.

>3 greenharts7: Please read >1 amanda4242:

>3 greenharts7: Why should anyone else bother to read your message if you don't bother to read the information posted to help you?

STOP! DO NOT POST YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD!

Read the directions in the first post and start a new thread as described.

head ~ desk

>10 mummalx:

READ >1 amanda4242:

New to this group, sorry if this is wrong place to post.
How long do we wait before bumping Our thread?

Also is there a solved or unsolved folder? Slightly confused while navigating..

>13 Madiha27: & >14 Madiha27: Welcome! There's no set waiting period for bumping your thread. You could do it daily if you really wanted to, but I imagine that would get old fast. :)

LT doesn't have talk folders, but I plan on adding "Found" to topic titles in the near future.

Please don't bump threads daily, it makes it very hard to find threads that do and don't have new information.

>13 Madiha27: Personally, I wait until it has dropped off the first page, then bump.

>13 Madiha27:, >16 Aquila:
And the people who are likely to help you don't necessarily log on to LT everyday. I would wait at least a week or ten days before bumping so various people can encounter your post. As me old ma used to say as she she chased me around the kitchen, "Patience is a virtue..."

>8 lilithcat: bwahahaha!

>13 Madiha27: I have an old request that I bump once a year...

hey

straw's cheaper

>23 endall: Read and follow the instructions in >1 amanda4242:

>25 chkntendies: Read and follow the instructions in >1 amanda4242:

I detect a pattern here...

Oh dear.

May I suggest a few more pointers for fine tweaking? As well as the year it was read and the year it was likely to have been published (because I've sometimes nearly suggested a book but then realised if it was published in the 2000s, it couldn't have been read in the 1980s) I would include the country the book was set in/ published in/ read in. I've discovered that I haven't heard of a lot of books that are considered childhood classics in North America because I grew up in the UK/ British Commonwealth. And, I'm sure, vice versa :0)

>30 humouress: That's a good idea. I'll add it later today.

>30 humouress: Added! I can't make people read it, but at least it's there.

>32 amanda4242: Thanks.

Title should read
Early 20th century novel

https://www.librarything.com/topic/338891#n7729530

>34 Papaubu777: Done.

>40 elljaybee:

Did you actually read these guidelines? This thread is not the place to post your queries. See >1 amanda4242: Do not post your title search in this thread. It will not be answered and may be deleted. Read and follow the instructions below.

I'm the group administrator for two others, and they are zero work compared to what you've taken on here; good for you!

>43 Cecrow: Thank you, but it's really not that bad. Mind-boggling at times, but not bad.

>43 Cecrow: I was admiring her too :0)

@amanda4242 Two suggestions:

1- Previously I think there used to be a red box at the top of the board along the lines of READ THIS FIRST. It seems that more and more new posters aren't bothering with looking at the guidelines and posting vague requests in the wrong places. If you can work out how to do something like that, it might help. A bit.

2- Sometimes people describe a cover of a book and say it looks like the cover of another, specific book which is a good idea, but a lot of books have more than one cover. Could you suggest they post a picture of which cover they mean, using < img height=200 src="https:// xxxx.jpg" > ?

I think the point about long subject lines should be changed. Long subject lines are better than short ones because they give you a clearer idea of what the post is about without having to click and read the whole post, which is time-consuming. Also, if long lines are cut off, then what exactly is the maximum length? I think that should be specified. There are lots of posts with subject lines much longer than the examples. Those long lines make it easier to decide whether to read the whole post.

I can't believe how many posts were removed here. Are there really that many stupid people who can't read?! Either too dumb to comprehend what they read, or too dumb to read the instructions.

>1 amanda4242: A couple of suggestions that might be helpful to add:

To point 1) or point 2): If you want to add to or amend your post, please use the 'edit' link at the bottom left of that post to do so. (Please do not start a duplicate thread for this.)

To point 2): Please don't use block capitals for whole words/ sentences as that is akin to being yelled at when you read it. (I'm sure you can phrase that better.)

To point 4): If you do find your book, please don't delete your original message as other people may be interested in finding the same book.

>54 humouress: I'm going to be revising the whole thing when I can carve out a large enough chunk of time; I'll be sure to add your suggestions when I do.

>55 amanda4242: Thanks :0) Administering this group must take some time!

I was also thinking of putting something about using touchstones but I suspect that's a personal bugbear of mine. I do sometimes add touchstones to threads if the book is found but then they end up cluttering up my Talk/ Your posts list.