FYI: Forum Maintenance

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

Just an FYI -- all forum members have been sent a message similar to the following via email (this was copied from an earlier draft of the message ):

In an effort to better maintain our clan's forum, we will be performing maintenance on the forum membership registration list on Wednesday, June 29, 2005. In this sweep, all users who have not logged in to the -=Of-God=- Clan Forum in the previous 50 days are in danger of having their forum account deleted.

There are two main reasons for this purge. First, it will reduce the amount of information being stored on this forum, and thus make the forum run more smoothly for all those who regularly use it. The second reason is a security issue; those who have not logged in within the last 50 days have not re-authenticated their membership since the upgrade to ProBoards Version 4, and so there remains a security liability for those accounts.

What is required of you at this point? If you have logged in to the -=Of-God=- Clan Forum within the last 50 days, you need do nothing; your forum account will not be deleted; you will be able to continue making positive contributions to the forum.

However, if you have not logged in to the -=Of-God=- Clan Forum within the last 50 days, but you do wish to keep your forum account, you need to log in to the forum before Wednesday, June 29, 2005, in order to keep your forum account from being deleted. If your account is deleted, you may be able to re-register at a later date using the same username; in that case, all of your previous posts would be accredited to your name in the board listings, but your post count and all data that you have entered in your profile would be lost.

Thank you for your assistance with helping the -=Of-God=- Clan keep its forum running at its best.

Sincerely,
Peace-=Of-God=-, Clan Leader / Forum Administrator

Again, if you are reading this message here, then the email does not pertain to you, and you need take no further action; as it states, only those who have not logged in recently are "in danger of being deleted."

Also, accounts of inactive/reservist clan members will not be deleted, but I didn't include that little factoid in the email ; I'd rather see them at least check in and see what's going on here ;D.

And last, to those of you who are inactive/reservists and are reading this because of the email that you received -- I'm sorry for scaring you like that , but I've missed seeing you around here -- so welcome back !

Thank you.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

PART TWO: A second/final warning was just sent to all members via email --

NOTE: If you have logged in to the -=Of-God=- Forum within the last 50 days, you may ignore this message -- and thank you for your participation.

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SECOND/FINAL NOTICE OF ACCOUNT REMOVAL: Those recipients who have not logged in to the -=Of-God=- Clan Forum in the previous 50 days may find their forum account deleted for inactivity the next time they try to enter; this deletion will occur in just a few minutes from the sending of this message (as was warned via an email on 06/27/2005).

There are two main reasons for this purge. First, it will reduce the amount of information being stored on this forum, and thus make the forum run more smoothly for all those who regularly use it. The second reason is a security issue; those who have not logged in within the last 50 days have not re-authenticated their membership since the upgrade to ProBoards Version 4, and so there remains a security liability for those accounts until they are deleted.

You may be able to re-register at a later date using the same username; in that case, all of your previous posts would be accredited to your name in the board listings, but your post count and all data that you have entered in your profile would be lost.

Thank you for your assistance with helping the -=Of-God=- Clan keep its forum running at its best.

Sincerely,
Peace-=Of-God=-, Clan Leader / Forum Administrator

The purge will occur shortly.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

The forum account maintenance sweep has been completed. 199 registered users who have not set foot on these premises for 50 days or more were deleted from the system, bringing the current total forum membership count down from 493 to 294.

A total of 35 "delinquent" forum accounts remain; most of these are inactive/reserve clan members, members of allied/AASA clans, and "AA widows". At some point in the near future, these accounts will probably be removed also, if there is no further activity on these accounts.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

Just for future reference, I'll post this note here, so as not to clutter the forum further -- I have just removed another 70+ accounts from the forum. These accounts will not be missed ... they're all people who registered here, but then never posted anything ... in most cases, they never even logged back into the forum after registering, and many of them never even "activated" their account through the link sent in the registration email.

Anyone whose account was removed is welcome to re-register ... but be warned that inactivity is grounds for removal of your account. And on that note --

To our many "Forum Lurkers" (those who have registered/activated their accounts and who visit here frequently, but have never posted anything to introduce yourself to us or to contribute to our conversations here): notice is hereby served that your forum account status is in jeopardy.

While we don't mind you learning from our conversations, we are interested in receiving your input on the topics at hand as well ... so those who do not contribute may find that their accounts no longer exist. This is not intended to be mean or cruel, but merely to ease some of the burden on our forum, which exists for the purpose of serving our members and friends ... so if you've never introduced yourself, I encourage you to do so as soon as possible, so that you can become a friend of the forum and keep your account from being deleted. Thank you!

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Yep, that time again ... another 89 accounts have been removed from the forum, primarily due either to inactivity or violation of confidentiality (posting private information obtained here in public forums elsewhere).
  Again, as a reminder -- membership in this forum is a privilege, not a right ... we reserve the right to refuse forum membership to anyone who does not make positive contributions to the growth of our forum and/or our clan. Thank you for understanding.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  I've done some more forum-membership maintenance, removing about 85 more inactive accounts. Of these, around 55 were people who have not visited the forum in two years or more (actually, since the last post in this thread, for those of you keeping score at home ). This sweep included many accounts that had "Allied Clan Member" status (these can re-register and re-request that status, if they so desire), as well as several with the "Server Ban" status. The rest of the removed accounts were those that were registered over a month ago but have had no posts, logins, or other activity since their registration . The only such accounts of either of these types that were not removed were those of former -=Of-God=- members/spouses.

  As I mentioned above, membership in this forum is a privilege, not a right ... we reserve the right to revoke the forum membership of anyone who is not here to make positive contributions to the growth of our fellowship. Thank you for understanding.