Kollector, there was a member who'd never posted on the boards before, who'd clearly come to that thread via the front page, i.e., The eBay Community. That field just under Ask a Question looks so inviting to members new to the boards.
If I type in "wanted ad", up comes a list of topics:
Does this information help?
If the member clicked onto the third topic down, it gives him an answer he clearly didn't like and he must have hoped that the "no wanted ads" information can be circumvented. (That's because *sparklz* gave a reply which was accepted as a solution, and that solution is displayed:
The want it now section was removed some time ago so no longer can you place want it now adds 
So... the member probably thought, "But what happens if I click onto that last link, the one marked "how to put wanted ad"...? He then would have seen the opening post of that thread without a discouraging reply, because there's no accepted solution in that thread. There's an enticing link below it, saying More about this topic...
Clicking onto that brings up the thread.
I can only guess why the member didn't read the entire thread, especially since the very first reply answers the question with a "There has not been a wanted section on ebay now for about a year, your best bet would be to put in a search for the item you want and save it,", and the reply after that includes the link to the policy - or rather it once did; the link is now a dead link. Perhaps the member thought, "Well, things might have changed in the meantime." (I can't find a current policy relating to this at present...)
Davewil replied to the member, who'd obviously not thought twice about posting his full name and phone number on a public forum! I'm just glad that the poor guy's information was taken down relatively quickly to protect his privacy.
It boggles the mind to think about how readily some people post their information online.
