how can I stop announing eBay meesges to remove contact info or web sites in my listings

[campsurf]

I keep getting these messages .. there is nothing wrong with my listings .. no web sites  or ways to contact anyone .. I am sick of algorithms that aren't specific .. how can I get Ebay to tell me what is wrong  with my "wording" .. I did copy and paste a description but there is nothing in it  that fits contact info or web sites.. anyone else have this problem ? 

BTW I finally figured out why people have moved to flat out selling vs auction listings ... "non-paying bidders" that aren't banded from ebay... if these people were to get "spanked" like Facebook does maybe this behaviour  would stop a little.. this past yr I have had non paying bidders several times .. why devote all they time and energy into this way to sell stuff only to have people waste our time and energy...

Sorry to rant..

[comics-scifi-collectibles · Accepted solution]

@campsurf   The problem from looking at couple of your listings is you copied text from another site that has hidden HTML code that redirects back to that site. 

I ran your listings through this tool and and it found 18 that need fixing.  

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentScanner.htm

Click on the link and enter your user ID in the upper left.  Select US then scan.  It will show you which ones need fixing.  Some are on page one and some on page 2 of the tool. 

If you get stuck with steps using the filtered text to replace the description let me know.  

[campsurf]

Thank you so much... I will see what I can do to help myself .. you are a gem.. 

I have stopped wondering why no one does detailed descriptions anymore .. it's just easier to write "what you see is what you get"... my sarcasm against eBay seems to increase every yr..

[comics-scifi-collectibles]

@campsurf   If you get stuck updating just reply back to this thread.  

I'll be out most of the day but someone else might jump.

[campsurf]

I ran the tool... it doesn't say what is wrong ... it is more like "find Waldo".... If anyone looks at my auctions they will see there is no links, contact info or emails .. just because AI SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM doesn't mean there is a problem..  ... I believe they need to be more clear and specific .. I need to contact eBay .. JJ

[campsurf]

here is what I am dealing with ... this is the description.. tell me where the problem is ...

You get World Air Power Journal was a quarterly aviation magazine concentrating on modern military aviation in the period Spring 1990 - December 2000. The contents included news, military air operations, new aircraft briefings, air forces analysis and photo features and in-depth articles about particular aircraft types - usually presented in great detail, and with lavish illustration, including a gatefold centerfold with airbrushed artwork and cutaway drawings. The editors' philosophy was to include an article on a "focus aircraft" that would effectively serve as a mono-graphic book on that subject - often running over more than 50 of the magazines 160 pages.

The title was published by Aerospace Publishing/Midsummer Books, a small publishing and packaging house based in West London, owned and managed by Stan Morse. The company was previously best known for publishing military, aviation and wildlife part-work magazines including The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, War Machine, Warplane, Take Off, Airplane, and World Aircraft Information Files.

World Airpower Journal lasted 43 issues[1] before its publisher folded the title in December 2000, with the final issue being published in December 2000. A number of books were also published bearing the World Air Power Journal imprint. The US distributors of World Air Power Journal, AIRtime publishing, subsequently launched a replacement title for this publication and its companion historic aviation publication Wings of Fame called International Air Power Review.

David Donald was the managing editor, aviation for the whole period of World Air Power Journal, working under him (at different times, and on the two quarterlies) were Bob Munro, Jon Lake, Robert Hewson, Jim Winchester, Daniel March, John Heathcote and Tim Senior, Bob Dorr served as the magazine's Washington correspondent, while regular contributors included Bob Archer, Brad Elward, Peter Foster, Rene Francillon, Bill Gunston, Tony Holmes, Paul A Jackson, Randy Jolly, Francis K Mason, Peter Mersky, Lindsay T Peacock, Alfred Price and Tim Ripley. After World Air Power Journal folded Donald, March and Heathcote moved over to edit the new title for AIRtime.

[kensgiftshop]

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@campsurf wrote:

here is what I am dealing with ... this is the description.. tell me where the problem is ...

You get World Air Power Journal was a quarterly aviation magazine concentrating on modern military aviation in the period Spring 1990 - December 2000. The contents included news, military air operations, new aircraft briefings, air forces analysis and photo features and in-depth articles about particular aircraft types - usually presented in great detail, and with lavish illustration, including a gatefold centerfold with airbrushed artwork and cutaway drawings. The editors' philosophy was to include an article on a "focus aircraft" that would effectively serve as a mono-graphic book on that subject - often running over more than 50 of the magazines 160 pages.

The title was published by Aerospace Publishing/Midsummer Books, a small publishing and packaging house based in West London, owned and managed by Stan Morse. The company was previously best known for publishing military, aviation and wildlife part-work magazines including The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, War Machine, Warplane, Take Off, Airplane, and World Aircraft Information Files.

World Airpower Journal lasted 43 issues[1] before its publisher folded the title in December 2000, with the final issue being published in December 2000. A number of books were also published bearing the World Air Power Journal imprint. The US distributors of World Air Power Journal, AIRtime publishing, subsequently launched a replacement title for this publication and its companion historic aviation publication Wings of Fame called International Air Power Review.

David Donald was the managing editor, aviation for the whole period of World Air Power Journal, working under him (at different times, and on the two quarterlies) were Bob Munro, Jon Lake, Robert Hewson, Jim Winchester, Daniel March, John Heathcote and Tim Senior, Bob Dorr served as the magazine's Washington correspondent, while regular contributors included Bob Archer, Brad Elward, Peter Foster, Rene Francillon, Bill Gunston, Tony Holmes, Paul A Jackson, Randy Jolly, Francis K Mason, Peter Mersky, Lindsay T Peacock, Alfred Price and Tim Ripley. After World Air Power Journal folded Donald, March and Heathcote moved over to edit the new title for AIRtime.

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See that little Blue 1, it's not supposed to be there. That is probably what's left over from a link on the page you copied the description from.

You need to look at the HTML code to find everything.

The best was to do it, copy from the site, post it on a note pad and copy it from the note pad and paste in your description. That'll remove all the unneeded code.

[comics-scifi-collectibles]

@campsurf   The tool says you have 17 listings to repair.  

So you need to fix ALL of the listings that are highlighted on the tool.  

@kensgiftshop 's advice is the easiest way to fix the errors on your listings now that you know which ones are being flagged by eBay. 

What has happened is you copied text from another site that has hidden HMTL code, this is what is causing the error.

So go to a listing you need to revise.   Open it and copy the description into the Notepad app on your computer.   Delete ALL of the text from your description on the listing.  Paste the filtered text back into the description.  Notepad will remove all of the hidden HMTL code that is causing this error.