Massive user clean up

[Sky Aisling]

Gentlemen,

What's all the excitement about a little housekeeping?

[nooby]

Either way, those who didn't need to post won't miss the accounts.

I don't mean to be contrary... but they might like having the "view posts since last visit" link.

Dougal has a very good argument here. That is why I log in.
for to be able to do just that!

"I" like having the "view posts since last visit" link.

So all the lurkers that now lost their user name most likely would either give up or reclaim it

AJ I know why I am not active on that Freenode chat

Lowtech, I am sorry. My capacity for being logical seems to have hit it's limit. Yes I do get that you had to create some other way to post if your preferred user name got blocked. So the other guy was my misunderstanding then. There where no other guy? It was you all the time?

[aarf]

Gentlemen,

What's all the excitement about a little housekeeping?

wrong initial assumption.
therefore the null hypothesis is not accepted..
qed.

[saintless]

Shep, then there are those who post, get advice and never react on the issue.
You tell me what's going on in their minds.

I think may be a simple button "Thank you" will give a chance to everyone who had help from the posts in this forum to give his respect to those who help the other users. In this way one don't have to add new post and to enlarge the topic just to say thanks.

About the massive clean up of user accounts my opinion is there should be some rule like "If you don't visit your account for over a month, or you don't have any posts for that period, your account will be deleted." This will solve the problem with unused accounts quickly and without further discussion.

And because I am a new puppy user and a had help from here and other forums, articles and sites even before I create an account here, let me show my respect and gratitude to all known and unknown people who helped me with their posts with those two simple words:

Thank you!

[L18L]

@nooby

This should keep you busy for a while:

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

AJ,
thank you for the link
I have read it, it is very useful for me,too and maybe for everybody.

Flash,
did you not feel AJ' sympathy to nooby? I did

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I am 1 of the 12000 users

forgot my nick (it was another one)
computer crash
move in life....

Tried to register with my email address was not possible
email in use
So I had to get another email address to register in the forum

My question:
Should not an email address alone identify a person

[nooby]

AJ is well known to be a friendly helper on the Free Node Chat.
Many have told us that and I do trust them.

But others have also told us that AJ can be short tempered and have a sharp tongue.
I have not dared to go to that Free Node thing. I am not a tough guy.

I don't trust them like me there.

That link! Wow, just wow.

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[alienjeff]

Alienjeff, you aren't a moderator of this forum so you don't have to look at every post. If nooby irritates you, ignore his posts.

Dearest Flash,

1) Being a reasonably quick study, I fully realized a long time ago that I'm not a moderator on this forum,

2) I don't look at every post. Trust me on this,

3) nooby doesn't irritate me, however you frequently do, and therefore,

4) when you irritate me, I ignore your posts.

P.S. Your post which I am now replying to doesn't irritate me. It confirms a long held suspicion.

[Caneri]

AJ,
Now tell us what you really think.

And by the way...Happy Birthday.

Eric

PS..y'ole fart

[Flash]

AJ, it appears I took what you said the wrong way. I apologize.

[Béèm]

Ha, everybody is getting older, day by day.
It's not an AJ privilege.

[ilanrab]

Hi,
I have just completed a huge clean up of users who had never posted.
...
All in all I think it was about 12,000 users.
John de Murga

Finding 12k users' locations and "taking care of them" must have taken a lot of time and resources. You could have used all that time to build a few more disk drives from scratch.
It might have been wiser to simply threaten the users' families, instead of taking your frustrations out on the users themselves. Just a suggestion for the next round of user culling.

And, John, please don't forget those sleepers. These insidious registrants post once every few months. They are simply waiting, for the right moment, to pounce on us all with their devilish schemes. Better put some safeguards, in place, to protect us all against these malicious scum bags.

[tabbycat]

About the massive clean up of user accounts my opinion is there should be some rule like "If you don't visit your account for over a month, or you don't have any posts for that period, your account will be deleted." This will solve the problem with unused accounts quickly and without further discussion.

With all due respect, please don't.

I am here quite often just to read and do not post much, Surely there are other readers doing the same. This forum is an awesome archive of great information. I have learned so much, and have never had to ask a question. (I like to learn at my own pace, then deploy what I've learned, then challenge myself further.)

[JohnMurga]

About the massive clean up of user accounts my opinion is there should be some rule like "If you don't visit your account for over a month, or you don't have any posts for that period, your account will be deleted." This will solve the problem with unused accounts quickly and without further discussion.

With all due respect, please don't.

I am here quite often just to read and do not post much, Surely there are other readers doing the same. This forum is an awesome archive of great information. I have learned so much, and have never had to ask a question. (I like to learn at my own pace, then deploy what I've learned, then challenge myself further.)

I am only cleaning up usernames who have 0 posts, if you haven't been active in a while there is always a chance that you will come back (and I hope you do so).

As soon as you have at least one post you are safe for ever
John de Murga

Cheers
John de Murga