Posts being deleted

weka · Post by **weka** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:03 pm

What on earth was that about??

Daveh was online, no other mod visible, and all the posts in both General and the Ob forum, since lunchtime today (it's now 8pm here), have been deleted.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:05 pm

Yeah, I got another Critical Error, like earlier today. Then I was logged out and when I logged in my newest post had been deleted.

The posts deleted are the ones posted between the two crashes, I think.

weka · Post by **weka** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:10 pm

I hadn't been aware of any crashes, I guess that must be it, though I'm puzzeled as to why all the posts got deleted.

It was everything from just after 1pm today till just before 8pm. They didn't seem to have anything wrong with them, I was trying to reply to the one about damaged Str at the time it was deleted.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:14 pm

I'm not sure what time, but earlier there was a critical error and the site was down for about 5-10 minutes.

What about Jeff's posts?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:22 pm

Jeff is an eNinja.

He can easily avoid botcleaners, and deteriorating self destruct agents. (1)

- - - - -
(1) they slowly delet topics from the newest to the oldest.

Dark Lord Cam · Post by **Dark Lord Cam** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:24 pm

Strange, posts getting deleted left and right, maybe the noobs are angry about the urban dictionary topic.

They must have launched a counter attack. now all their posts and some of ours are getting deleted.

Only joking of course.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:36 pm

It can't just be the forum resetting, can it? Because, as the eNinja (:P) told us, his posts aren't going away, and if it were a deteriorating self destruct agent...

Why wouldn't it get Jeff's posts too?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:45 pm

I was able to hold off the attack, but there were a few casualties. I wasn't able to save everyone...

If you notice, replies were deleted, up to the ones that I made. That was because I left just before the issue happened, and didn't return until after it was done. It was a coincidink... or was it...

weka · Post by **weka** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:51 pm

You see Jeff, you'll just have to stay online 24/7 to protect us all!!!

(OK, I'll pm you when we're gettin spammed and you need to go offline so they can get deleted!!

)

Post by **Daveh** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:42 pm

I switched the forums to use the new database server this afternoon. While we shouldn't have lost anything in the process it appears we may have (I'm not sure why). I'll look into it and make sure everything is working as it should now.

As for the missing posts...I could try and get them back but the effort may not be worth it.

The "cannot connect error" is something to do with a connection limit on the new DB which I have to find and fix.

The King · Post by **The King** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:14 am

Awesome! Daveh. Hi Daveh, I'm so Excited..... I never see you.......Bye.

Wolf · Post by **Wolf** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:19 am

Same with King: Oooh! blue coins!! Honestly I don't know what to say Weka. I've seen a lot of posts after 1 and before 8, so I really don't know what to tell ya.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:28 am

Is there always such a big reaction to Daveh's appearance?

Edit: Where I found this out...
There's not an actual definite solution, but someone said...

Someone wrote:Guess what? The "Too Many Connections" wasn't me afterall. My web supplier had done some uograding and moved some sites around about 3 weeks back (he had emailed us of a 12 hour shutdown). Apparently, although he didn't directly admit it, a very large site was moved onto the same server as me and it was this site that was causing the server to overload the connections,,,,,effecting all the rest of the sites on the same server. Since I made my enquiries, the supplier has made a few changes and it seems to be corrected.

So this kind of sounds like the problem, and maybe a possible solution?

Though it seems to have stopped...

Oathbreaker · Post by **Oathbreaker** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:49 am

And here I thought a higher-up was having a go at me.

That would've been fun.

(Lol, Deandra almost did once >.> ...Bonebreaker... lol)

Oh yeah... Daveh is teh epicz. Blue coins are so cool...

(Green looks better on Deandra's posts though

)

I never got a "cannot connect" error though. Guess that doesn't always happen... unless Daveh fixed it between his post and now.

Maybe the post problem was a lag in the switch? If that's even possible. It seems like that would fit.

weka · Post by **weka** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:19 am

Wolf wrote:...Honestly I don't know what to say Weka. I've seen a lot of posts after 1 and before 8, so I really don't know what to tell ya.

Well then you're looking at a diff site to me, or else not using the same timezone. All posts from yesterday, just after 1pm and just before 8pm are still missing, and from what Daveh said, are likely to remain so.

Can you link to one of these posts pls to see if others can see them?

Daedricmudcrab · Post by **Daedricmudcrab** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:29 pm

Ya it was weird, I was logged out and some of my posts were deleted. Oh well.

The Tourist · Post by **The Tourist** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:45 pm

Am I just being really dense? As I haven't noticed any posts vanishing, and I'm pretty sure I posted during that time. Though for 'pretty sure', read 'not really that sure'. Maybe I didn't see the posts go up, so I wouldn't have noticed them going down.

Though I did encounter one or two brief 'critical errors'.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:01 pm

Is weka's time GMT? Because if not I think she meant 1-8 her time...
And it seems to have been a once off, all the posts that were going to be deleted have been deleted (I think) and no more are now.

Guy No. 2 · Post by **Guy No. 2** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:09 pm

The Tourist wrote:Am I just being really dense? As I haven't noticed any posts vanishing, and I'm pretty sure I posted during that time. Though for 'pretty sure', read 'not really that sure'. Maybe I didn't see the posts go up, so I wouldn't have noticed them going down.

Though I did encounter one or two brief 'critical errors'.

Word for word^ was exactly what happened to me today. Especially that last part. Couldnt tell you what time though.

weka · Post by **weka** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:43 pm

Tourist I'm at least 95% certain that you hadn't posted during that time, unless it was on the Morrowind forum, in which case I wouldn't know about that.

British Summer Time (BST), though you'd certainly be hard pressed to know it from the weather!!! But that's GMT + 1hr.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:00 pm

I know for a fact that several replies were deleted. I was on, then I played Ob for a few hours. I checked the site before I left for lunch & shopping. One I do remember, was "r" posted right after me in the General Forum, Beast Race Topic I also saw the replies in the Oblivion Forum, Killing Orcs Topic too.

Guy No. 2 · Post by **Guy No. 2** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:20 pm

Umm I just thought Id add this here that I got the "Critical Error" message again today at around 15.30. BTW Im not sure what timezone or whatever I am but if it helps I live in Ireland.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:34 pm

You're GMT.

Well, basically, I guess on the west coast you'd be closer to Lisbon time, or halfway between both, but I'm on the east coast.

I got the Critical Error too, but it wasn't for very long.

Guy No. 2 · Post by **Guy No. 2** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:54 pm

The Dog Whisperer wrote:You're GMT. Well, basically, I guess on the west coast you'd be closer to Lisbon time, or halfway between both, but I'm on the east coast.

I got the Critical Error too, but it wasn't for very long.

Im not on the west cost

Cork remember? Kahn is west coast.

The Dog Whisperer · Post by **The Dog Whisperer** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:00 pm

Well, south-west.

It's still the same time as Mayo, unless you live in-land....

Either way, Ireland has no defined time-zone, we kinda share with GMT and GMT + 1:00. I suppose we're GMT + 0:30... but I've never actually checked.