The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: Ludichris1 on June 28, 2013, 07:12:00 AM
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I just logged in today after a few days of absence, and after viewing a General Land Before Time topic by Bruton, it said he was 'unregistered'.
What happened :o? :cry
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A mistake (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=12464) which we are trying to fix. We haven't received any response to the emails we sent Bruton so far, but we hope he will be back soon.
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Hope things work out and he comes back soon.
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Well at least he's sure to see this thread if he's looking
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Yeah it will show him that we care and miss him.
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Any news on this matter? :(
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I think this topic should be "pinned".
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I think the staff are trying there best to fix this issue.
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We have emailed Bruton (email rather than PM) several times, apologizing for the mistake (it really was an accident with no intention whatsoever behind it) and asking for him to contact us. Most likely a new account needs to be created by him but we hope for there might be ways (needs to be tested) to transfer his postcount to the new account. However, so far Bruton has not reacted to any of the emails :(
I do hope that legitimate anger does not compell him to make wrong assumptions or decide not to return to the GOF. His contributions are really good and missed. We do hope very much that he (you Bruton, hopefully you are reading this) will contact us so we can see how much of the damage can be fixed.
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I understand that was an unintentional mistake, but it's really shocking and sad. It's as if Bruton hasn't had enough troubles here. Possibly the board's hoster knows if there's a way to transfer those posts to a new account.
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^ He had made his own trouble before. There is no way to transfer information, we've already looked into that.
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That's sad and horrible I hope he get's back to you guys soon.
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Shocking and sad? He not dead guys. Bruton will reply to the email when he can but if you remember his mother not keen on going to this website. So he may want to cover up the emails, who knows. He does share a computer after all. He come back like he did last time.
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Yes, he's not dead. But how would you feel if the same thing happened to you? That's why I was saddened by this.
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Yep, I think I'd be quite disappointed though I know it wasn't on purpose... Let's just hope there is a way to make this accident undo. :goodluck
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Yes, he's not dead. But how would you feel if the same thing happened to you? That's why I was saddened by this.
I would be fine with it. Yeah a loss but I would be fine with it.
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we're working on it folks, so please be patient
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Umm...well, I made a new account, but...does this mean I won't be able to edit my old posts?
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i believe so bruton. what we can do is transfer the post count from your old account to your new one. do you remember how many posts you had on your old account? I do recall you had a lot on it,
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Good to see you back Burton.
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It is good to see you back Bruton :yes
We transfered your old postcount to your new account. Editing the older posts will unfortunately not be possible.
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Well over 2000...is that any help?
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Well...that puts me in a very difficult position.
You see, I divulaged some very personal info on here, but was thinking of removing it, seeing as, well...I've been thinking about leaving for good.
I know it's terrible, but this is a website for a children's cartoon, and that alone is something I should be weary of trusting. Additionally, I found another forum site I like.
This is a decision I've been struggling with, however---whether to leave the GOF or not. A part of me still wants to stay.
And now that I know that the info I revealed will be with me forever here...I'm not sure I even want to.
Oh...gotta go. Mom's coming in
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i remember how many posts you had, you had 4319. you joined on october 30th 2011, so this october will mark 2 years here for you. unfortunately we cannot changed the joined by date.
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the thing is bruton, a lot of members here have divulged personal info about themselves ion here. thats part of being a community and opening up to the other members of the community. we will not divulge that info to anyone else. besides its likely been months since you revealed it.
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You needn't worry about releasing 'personal information' here. Much of that is in the After Midnight section, whch is locked to all members that do not have enough post counts. I've released personal information about myself and I'm not worried about it being misused.
Also, just because this board is about a children's cartoon does not mean it's not trust worthy. It is silly to think like that. It's stereotypical and judgmental. Not every adult who watches cartoons is a pedophile. You should never classify people into groups like that just because of what they like.
Seriously, Bruton, to leave GOF just because it's based around a cartoon movie is not a very good reason to leave at all.
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Welcome back.
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Good to see you back, Bruton :wave
I think your postcount was about 2300 posts, however.
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Welcome back. It should not bug you that this main theme is based on a child's cartoon. You can stick with the sections that have noting to do with that, and there are quite a few that talk of other things. You can also start discussion about non children's cartoon stuff like video games, the latest movie you saw, and things like that.
And I think admin can edit someone else's post so if you need or want a post edited you can ask an admin to do it. Maybe type up what you want the new post to be so they can copy and past your message and put the web address so they can easily find it.
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Hey there. We missed you; it was getting a little quiet on the board. lol
If you want to leave, then you can. I don't think anyone of us on here will hold that against you if you choose to leave. If you stay, then that would be awesome, and we'd love to have you still on here. But, like Darkhououmon said, it kind of is silly to leave just 'cause it's a forum about a children's cartoon. Still, it is your choice.
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Well, I don't want to leave, really, but like I said, my mom is against me being on here, and she says that people can say anything they want online, so for all I know, this site is...but I REALLY do not want to think that. I want to stay here and I hope I can convince my mother.
BTW, I revealed some stuff about music I like that I consider personal. I feel like I've really bared my soul to all of you about how I feel about LBT and a lot more.
You guys are great. Yeah, I could ask an administrator to remove stuff I revealed, but that would take FOREVER. I'm just going to accept that it's here. And...I think I'm going to accept that, as a result, it's sort of where I belong.
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It's good to see you again, Bruton. Why leave, you won't find another place like this. It's friendly, and it has tons of useful LBT info. But if you decide to leave, there's nothing stopping you from changing that decision and coming back at any time you wish. As the good song says: "We'll always be your friends".
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Yeah I hope you can convince her as well. We are all good people here. And we'd like you to stay and be a member here. We like you and we want you here. And it's sad that your mom hates this place and your decision to like this franchise. She needs to know and realize we aren't bad people and or weirdos. This is a good forum and community. My dad hates me being here but I still stay here because I love the movies and the show. And I love talking to the members here. Hope your mom lets you stay and convince her that this is a safe place to be.
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Thanks, guys, but my point is, people can say anything they want to online, and in a lot of people's eyes, a site for a children's cartoon on which users are generally at least in their teens is weird.
Thank you for your support, though.
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the thing is bruton, a lot of members here have divulged personal info about themselves ion here. thats part of being a community and opening up to the other members of the community. we will not divulge that info to anyone else. besides its likely been months since you revealed it.
They can remove it whenever they want, though.
My old account was deleted, so I'm stuck with my comments permanently. :unsure:
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I'm sure the admins can delete any particular posts if you request them too.
Also, I saved (What I think is) your avatar, according to my digital records. Here you go! (Let me know if that isn't it and if so what the correct one looks like)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/eafjg9.png)
Also welcome back! :cheers
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the thing is bruton, a lot of members here have divulged personal info about themselves ion here. thats part of being a community and opening up to the other members of the community. we will not divulge that info to anyone else. besides its likely been months since you revealed it.
They can remove it whenever they want, though.
My old account was deleted, so I'm stuck with my comments permanently. :unsure:
They can, but we actually have a rule against removing entire posts.
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Indeed. Deleting ones old posts is considered kind of like vandalism. Unless there was something really problematic (somebody posting information so unreasonable to post that we would most likely remove it immediately when we saw it (e.g. people posting their actual postal addresses, phonenumbers etc.)) we really do not want to see anything deleted.
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I remember a user named Alex got in a lot of hot water after blanking all of his posts from a heated argument with another user (who later got banned too for a completely different reason). I don't think he got banned, but the admins gave him a stern talking-to and I think he earned some warning points from the incident.
Requesting that the admins delete old posts and providing valid reasons for it is usually the safest course of action.
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I don't mean deleting posts, just deleting stuff from them.
anyways, I've decided to stay, I think, but need to get things figured out w/ mom. Dad's ok, long as it's apporpriate.
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That's good :)
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I don't mean deleting posts, just deleting stuff from them.
anyways, I've decided to stay, I think, but need to get things figured out w/ mom. Dad's ok, long as it's apporpriate.
If you mean deleting the text of the post it's still going to be no I can imagine.
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It really would require a very, very good reason for anything to deleted. It is also the reason why the AM section is not accessible for any random visitory. Anything posted there cannot be seen by everybody.
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It's just unfair that everyone else can edit there old posts, but I can't
Also, I can't upload my avatar picture.
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The rules about post editing go for everyone just the same (it is in section 3 of the board rules).
With the avatar picture, is it possible that the picture is too large in filesize, pixel size or that the url is too long? These I think are the three main reasons why linked avatar pictures may not work properly.
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But what i'm saying is, nobody had their old accounts deleted like I did. They can go back and edit their posts. I can't.
I tried re-sizing the pic. It won't work. There's nothing wrong with the URL, either.
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Everybody can edit their old posts but me. Why is this?
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Because you got a new account.
No one is allowed to remove their information completely with an edit, we find that infringement of the board history.
Now stop whining or tell us what you want removed and for what reason, because frankly you're getting on everyone's nerves.
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As we explained in the emails we sent you back in june and as we wrote in this chat your old account has accidentally been deleted (when accounts were deleted whose owners had never posted and which had not visited for more than a year). You now have an entirely new account which is not linked to the posts which you did before (even though we could change your postcount so you would have the benefits you would have had with the postcount of the original account). Since it is a different account there is no way to edit the posts.
But once again, the rules about post editing go for all members of the GOF. The content of messages must not be changed (other than typos) or deleted.
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Also, Bruton's postcount is still around 2000 posts too high! Just saying...
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Ok...I'm sorry.
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Removal of old posts can create a lot of confusion, Bruton. By removing the posts you made, then there's this gap of missing "information" per say, which can cause questions and answers from other members not make sense. That is why, I believe, it's considered vandalism (unless it's for an extremely good reason).
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Also, Bruton's postcount is still around 2000 posts too high! Just saying...
I agree. When Bruton was (temporarily) banned, his post count was around 2,012. (I should know, because I had sent him a PM very shortly before the ban went into effect.) There is simply no way he could have more than doubled that during his brief return. (except through further spamming, for which I'm pretty sure he already learned his lesson)
As for removing old posts, I recall another member made a similar request, and the admins offered to instead move the topics to a section that absolutely no one (except the admins themselves) can ever see. Maybe that might be a more viable option in this case?
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we'll adjust his post count to be more accurate.