User blog:Blupo/The Market (Concept)

On almost every wiki article you go to, there will be a comment with someone wanting to sell something, or a comment with someone wanting to buy something. They're unavoidable.

 I have a Sand Aerosol for trade

IGN: REDACTED I might not be online so u could friend me

 BUYING SAND AEROSOL FOR 400k

IGN: REDACTED

STATUS: ONLINE

If I'm not online, leave a reply for me.

(BOUGHT)

I don't think that this is what Comments should be for. I think of Comments as of an "extension" of Talk pages. If you've never used Talk pages, they're discussion pages where editors talk about improvements to a page or article. Almost every type of page has a Talk page, because almost any type of page can be improved upon.

But enough about why I don't think Comments are good for this. What is this Market I'm talking about?

The Market is basically a centralized place for people to go find trades. Think of it as the NYSE for items. Hundreds of people yelling at other people for their offers, rejecting and accepting.

How it Works The inner workings of this system are a bit complicated. Definitely more complicated than someone posting a comment on the Salvaje page and waiting for an answer.


 * Users create two User pages where they can list their trades (one for buying and one for selling)
 * Users add the proper categories to their pages, which adds the page to the list of trades
 * Users can update their trade pages and get bumped to the top of this list
 * Users use the page to also discuss trades
 * Users can have their trade pages closed or opened

The technical details aren't important, but a more technical concept can be found here.

How Would it Look? I've created a set of concept pages called the Market to show how this would work. Please don't use it as an actual market, because this is just a concept.

Poll Do you think that the Market is a good idea? Yes No In theory