Would this cross any line with respect to commercial use?

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There is a paid service I am looking to obtain (probably by hiring a telecommuting freelancer) and I would honestly be interested in input from SDMB users regarding whether they’ve had good or bad experiences with this type of service, how I should go about looking for a person or company to provide it, what kind of time/fee expectations are realistic, and so on. Living in Egypt is very isolating in this particular situation, so I really do welcome general advice.

However, it is quite likely that there are individual members of the SDMB who would be well-qualified to offer this service themselves, and might jump at the chance to do so. So, even if I am careful to keep my question general, anything I post could easily be taken as a “help wanted” soliciation of sorts. (And the only reason this would bother me is if it were breaking the SDMB rules; otherwise, sure, I’d love to hear from Dopers who I could potentially hire.)

So, can I post my question, or would it break the rules? I can’t find anything to explicitly forbid this, but it seems pretty obvious we ought not to be posting “help wanted” ads.

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I’ll give you an OK on this… although you don’t say what the service is. If it’s illegal in the US, I withdraw my permission :wink: When you post your request, please indicate that you asked for (and received) advance permission.

Good luck.

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Thanks. I was purposefully vague about the service I’m seeking because naming it in my query would have been the equivalent of writing the actual post. But, it’s just formatting monster documents – for example, a 233-page, 9 mb nightmare with tons of boxes, figures and tables that needs to be put into a tempate, headers standardized, etc. etc. Not illegal at all!

I’ll post in IMHO since I’m really looking for people’s opinions and ideas about outsourcing their WP needs.

Again, thanks.