Yes, having the year on the thread would be very helpful!  It does get hard weeding through all the posts!  Good idea!
Suzi

Annual thread for a "Wish List" would be much better and updated through all the figsters.

Sounds like a good idea.

I agree. A time tag will be helpful.

Are we limited to six variants only?

Yeah because Rafed can never have enough! LOL

Dom,

I agree with your comment.
Never enough. LOL

I think six is just a guideline. Some will put down fewer without getting into trouble, and I seriously doubt you'll get banned if you put down 20. :) 

I do know however that if lists are too long, or too complicated, I stop reading.

Great idea by the way.

I don't even remember what I wished for from UC Davis, but I know what I didn't order from them (they don't have it all), and my list is on my signature.  I need to remove Sals, because a generous member is sending me that one! 

Suzi

great idea.
akram - as usual you are always very kind and considerate to others. I have yet to understand what difference does it make whom will starts the thread?

why not have only one post per member in the wish list thread? this way they can keep updating it if there is a need.

pete

i was not talking so much about this ongoing example which i am sure paul (or kerry) wont mind at all .... but rather on many other instances where members are hesitant to post their own pictures on someone else's thread. i thought the whole point was to share, help and learn from each other for the benefit of all members and non members

Pete (bullet), yes only one post per member in the wish list thread with updates as required will keep the thread efficient.

Gina point is valid that 6 cutting is a guideline only but a bigger list just becomes a fantasy.

Eli and Suzi, you are both kind.

Eli, people do post their fig pictures on other people posts when there is some relevance to the thread. for information sharing as you mentioned.

Definately a good idea to start a new thread. It is getting too long.

I had typed a suggestion for this post a few days ago, but we had a storm which knocked out the internet before I could post it.

Rather than have members post their "wish list", perhaps we should have a post pinned to the top with member's available cuttings/trees.  The posters will be motivated to remove their post once the offerings have been distributed (keeping the post clean and easy to navigate.  Also, it puts the onus on the seeker to navigate the posts to find what they are looking for. 

As for wish list, I like the idea of it being spelled out in the signature line.

~james

I was reading the current, new wish list, and have been intrigued by how many figs people are wanting that I've never even heard of.

As to asking for, trading, or giving cuttings/plants, I expect that will go on as it probably has for years - in as many ways as there are forum members. :)

James
- In many cases people go out of their way to accommodate other members wishlist even if they were not planning to prune (which would have meant cuttings available).
- Members still do create threads when they have cuttings available when pruning their trees and as Gina said such trade will go on in different in various forms.
- Spelling out wishlist in Signature line is another way. However, its repetition in every post in every thread is kind of overdoing it and would clutter threads when everyone starts doing it this way and short messages will get drowned in the wishlists repeated again and again in the signature line.

Just my thinking...