[Jim Robinson]

Do not advertise, or attempt to sell or solicit. It's plain enough. Should need no further explainations. Every day one or more newbies gets nuked for this. Links to cafepress, ebay, et al, for the purposes of offering merchandise for sale are not welcome here. If we allowed this, we'd be wall-to-wall spam for t-shirts, books, stamps, coffee mugs, etc.

[Quix]

I think your criteria are quite sensible.

Don't know if it would help or not . . . but how about whatever committee of your approved old timers &/or you if you want to bother--vetting whatever few you cared to consider and putting them at a page reached through FR's home page. Just keep them out of the threads entirely except for a line or 2 invitation to check that page for a new entry.

[HiTech RedNeck]

How about adding that caveat to the "please no profanity etc." warning that comes up when somebody posts. The profanity warning, I am well aware, is honored much more in the breach than in the observance.

[Dog Gone]

Do not advertise, or attempt to sell or solicit.

It seems simple enough to me.