Starting this week and continuing forward, I will be moving quite a few of our older threads to the archives.

Chucky has agreed that it is better to send them to the archives than to leave them sit and take up valuable space on the server. As well, once moved, the threads will no longer allow responses and cannot be reinstated on the forum, as I will send them to files similar to those from before the board changed in 2004. A new backup of the site will be created.

We thank you for your patience during this clean up.

Tam
inthe00s Moderator

Goodbye old threads!

So far, I have moved approx. 50 threads to the archives.
Smooth sailing!
Onward Ho!
;D

Starting this week and continuing forward, I will be moving quite a few of our older threads to the archives.

Chucky has agreed that it is better to send them to the archives than to leave them sit and take up valuable space on the server. As well, once moved, the threads will no longer allow responses and cannot be reinstated on the forum, as I will send them to files similar to those from before the board changed in 2004. A new backup of the site will be created.

We thank you for your patience during this clean up.

Tam
inthe00s Moderator

Seems like a good idea. So...this goes for threads that have not been updated in, say, 4+ years? ???

I'm wondering if some old inactive accounts should go too; there are still a few of those which haven't been active since '04.

Moved quite a few more tonight.
Which is awesome because this means that I might have them all moved by tomorrow evening! Of course, if it takes longer I am ok with that too. ;D

Seems like a good idea. So...this goes for threads that have not been updated in, say, 4+ years? ???

I'm wondering if some old inactive accounts should go too; there are still a few of those which haven't been active since '04.


we only remove inactive accounts if they were never used... ie. person signed up, never posted, haven't logged in for a couple years.  the last purge took care of enough of those, we probably wouldn't see any benefit from doing it again for a long time.  Plus most of the ones in the last purge were from when the spammers started to get more sophisticated and began creating accounts to post their crap.

Trying to figure out what happened to the 2 boards!

Bobo and I switched profiles as April Fools.
We didn't want to do anything else to mess up the server.

I am looking into where the boards went and how to get them back! ;)

Trying to figure out what happened to the 2 boards!

Bobo and I switched profiles as April Fools.
We didn't want to do anything else to mess up the server.

I am looking into where the boards went and how to get them back! ;)

Yes, I saw that too. Wonder where is "Penguin Board games". I guess a new and improved version is currently being worked on? My bigger concern is how is Philip going to keep a 145 post per day average if that board is off limits for a few days.

Yes, I saw that too. Wonder where is "Penguin Board games". I guess a new and improved version is currently being worked on? My bigger concern is how is Philip going to keep a 145 post per day average if that board is off limits for a few days.

Yep, that one and Writing On Walrus. I think I have an idea as to what may have happened, but I'm not sure if it's quite right.

As of right now, it appears that I may have inadvertently archived the boards, as opposed to certain threads!

I don't honestly know how I did it, because I have to check each thread separately.
I hope I can get them back, but it looks unlikely. Once archived, that's it. I can't even find them to look at them because it takes a few hours (approx 24) before they show up in the archives........

To be sure - my days as a Mod are probably numbered!

As of right now, it appears that I may have inadvertently archived the boards, as opposed to certain threads!

I don't honestly know how I did it, because I have to check each thread separately.
I hope I can get them back, but it looks unlikely. Once archived, that's it. I can't even find them to look at them because it takes a few hours (approx 24) before they show up in the archives........

To be sure - my days as a Mod are probably numbered!


Well, you can create new empty boards for "Board game" and "Walrus" and we can start all over again if getting them back fails. Guess we can't call on Superman to fly around the world until it starts rotating the other way and get back what we lost.

As of right now, it appears that I may have inadvertently archived the boards, as opposed to certain threads!

I don't honestly know how I did it, because I have to check each thread separately.
I hope I can get them back, but it looks unlikely. Once archived, that's it. I can't even find them to look at them because it takes a few hours (approx 24) before they show up in the archives........

To be sure - my days as a Mod are probably numbered!


you broke it, you fix it.  past my bedtime, I'm sure to be a mess in the morning again

Yes, I saw that too. Wonder where is "Penguin Board games". I guess a new and improved version is currently being worked on? My bigger concern is how is Philip going to keep a 145 post per day average if that board is off limits for a few days.
I will arrange something....

I will arrange something....

Good luck..maybe you can crave 140 different foods  ;D

Good luck..maybe you can crave 140 different foods  ;D
Craving for tea right now.

Craving for tea right now.

Go ahead and indulge. I am a tea drinker myself (don't drink coffee).

Go ahead and indulge. I am a tea drinker myself (don't drink coffee).

I will be there very soon

Good luck..maybe you can crave 140 different foods  ;D
BTW, 79 posts so far today and none of them on the two missing boards, so I am halfway towards my average for the day.

Good luck..maybe you can crave 140 different foods  ;D
There you go, I have now made my average for my daily posts rate of over 145 posts without the use of the missing boards.

Not bad y'all!!!

Only a few of you chose to send me PM's about the loss of certain boards!
70+ messages wasn't bad to walk into this morning!!! ;D ;D

So yeah - even though some of you figured it out and didn't say anything - Thank You!
And:


APRIL FOOLS

We couldn't do anything extreme because of the sensitivity of the server lately, so instead we just made boards disappear. I actually wanted to make all of the boards go away and just leave system news, but Bobo thought better about it!

At any rate, have a great day everyone!

Not bad y'all!!!

Only a few of you chose to send me PM's about the loss of certain boards!
70+ messages wasn't bad to walk into this morning!!! ;D ;D

So yeah - even though some of you figured it out and didn't say anything - Thank You!
And:


APRIL FOOLS

We couldn't do anything extreme because of the sensitivity of the server lately, so instead we just made boards disappear. I actually wanted to make all of the boards go away and just leave system news, but Bobo thought better about it!

At any rate, have a great day everyone!
It feels as if I have had a day off.

I figured it was an April Fools joke.  Good one, guys. :)

There you go, I have now made my average for my daily posts rate of over 145 posts without the use of the missing boards.

Congrats!

Congrats!

Now all is back to normal.

I figured it was an April Fools joke.  Good one, guys. :)

I thought so too. In fact, I suspected it was from the moment I logged in last night and found out what was going on.



Now all is back to normal.

Amen to that. O0