Alex Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Take out all the posts in the NWS thread that don't have attachments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 please don't touch my NWS thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I take it people still object to off topic being pruned? I strongly object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 please don't touch my NWS thread I think you should venture into the NWS thread. Take out the most obscene posts give it a more, softcore feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I think you should venture into the NWS thread. Take out the most obscene posts give it a more, softcore feel. If I took out the hardcore stuff NWS would become empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 On UNIX (and many other systems) the date/time is a number which is the number of seconds since 01-01-1970 00:00:00. So that date is basically a zero or uninitialised date. Wow, that was dull... yes a null date, I was dull before you and I'm being even duller by pointing this out lol another sad fact is that dates are typically stored as a signed 32 bit number representing the number of seconds before/after the 1970 epoch, which means that they will suffer a date rollover a bit like the y2k problem on the 18th Jan 2038 - although many implementations are redefining time_t to be bigger than 32 bits now now that is proper dull lol I'm off to watch trains and make airfix models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Well that's 500 accounts deleted. That's more than some clubs have in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 just to see how many people complain that their post count has dropped Who cares about post counts anyway? Oh look - I'm nearly at 10,000! WHEEEEEEeeeee....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Oh look - I'm nearly at 10,000! WHEEEEEEeeeee....! Are you sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Are you sure? Have you any idea how much drivel I'm going to have to post to get that count ahead of Ed now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 HAH HAH!!! Hello Newbie Pete :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 HAH HAH!!! Hello Newbie Pete :) He's making me suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 He's making me suffer. There you are, have you revenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 HAH HAH!!! Hello Newbie Pete :) Ha ha - Edd the loser with less than a hundred posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 No!!!!!!! please sir, I'm sorry. Can i have my count back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 If only I could erase them from my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 PS - is there any way to find out what member number you or someone else is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 PS - is there any way to find out what member number you or someone else is?View their profile, their member number will be in the URL. (Something like u=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 i thought as much, but upon ordering members by there join date there was abosolutely no patten in member numbers apart from they acended. 12, 23, 31, 39, 56, 78 you get what i mean So i would be 1836 then.......well, that was boring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 i thought as much, but upon ordering members by there join date there was abosolutely no patten in member numbers apart from they acended. 12, 23, 31, 39, 56, 78 you get what i mean That's because accounts get deleted over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I knew that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harps Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 kicks ass in the online world of EVE -Ian Oddly enough, a friend sent me a free trial for that yesterday..... ......I'll get me anorak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 WOOHOO!! I'm back Thanks Mawby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I already do some account pruning, hence the front page says "Members: 5,711" instead of "Members: 9293". Although most forum based clubs never delete accounts because it makes the member stats looks better. (I wont mention any names ) If a user has zero posts and hasn't logged in for 30 days, they get deleted - unless they are a paid club member. I don't delete accounts with posts, even ones dating back to 2001, because if I did all of their posts would be marked as posted by "Guest" which destorys some of the history of the post. I will be running a script soon (when I re-write it as we had one before the last upgrade) that will recalculate post counts for people who haven't logged in for a year. This should then make a lot of old accounts applicable for deletion as their posts are likely to have been pruned off over the years. The only cling-ons then will be people who have posted to the Technical forums as we never delete any posts from there. I can also modify the front page stats to rename "members" to "users" and then add a "club members" counter to show the number of legit, paid up club members. It'll have to wait until after the next upgrade though but that shouldn't be long now. Thanks Mawby that clears that one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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