Purging of inactive members

[peekaboo]

Quote "The third thing is the last visit. If the last visit was over six monthz ago, 0 postz, and profile not updated ... bye-bye. sad"

That's what I mean. I can't remember that period too clearly last year but I know I didn't post for awhile. Just to be on safe side I'm going to check my profile.


Edit: looks fine to me. Everything is still the same places, etc.

[GooRoo]

If a member has posted just one time ... the account will last as long as this Forum lastz. Only if the member has never posted, and does not return for six monthz will the account be deleted.

[GooRoo]

Time is running out for 'memberz' who have not activated their accounts ... or posted at least once. Several projectz have kept me from purging the accountz of those people who registered ... but never made themselvez known on this Forum. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel (and it is not an onrushing train ) ... so I expect that this Forum's member count will be going down soon, as the never active accountz are deleted.

[GooRoo]

This is a recurring task ... trimming away those that have registered as memberz, but have never actually participated! Such purgingz are largely dependent upon how much "other work" existz for the administratorz. When the workload approachez 'zilch' ... the memberz are checked for activity ... or lack thereof. ONCE AGAIN! One (significant) post is enough to prevent a member from being purged. "Hi!" in "Introduce yourself" is NOT significant. At least, you have to tell us how you acquired Gruntz, and how long you have had the game. Telling us how you found this Forum is a plus! The postz we really want to see, however, are postz in discussion threadz. That showz us that you are truly interested in the game.

[TimeBomberz,ching13]

I think my last post was like few years ago, I joined this forum when I was in 10th grade or something, I am glad that this forum still gets some interaction!

[GooRoo]

Jun 21, 2018 10:22:48 GMT -8 TimeBomberz,ching13 said:

I think my last post was like few years ago, I joined this forum when I was in 10th grade or something, I am glad that this forum still gets some interaction!

An "inactive member" is one who has never posted anything ... has not participated, in other words, in this Forum. Every now and then I "get a bug in my ear" and decide to search for 'members' who have never posted, and whose last visit was over one year old. It has been quite a few years since I last did that ... and it is so far on my personal "back burner" that it is unlikely to happen again this year.

So there is no need to be concerned about having your account deleted ... by my rules, it never will be.

[GooRoo]

Both Gaby and Bea visited the Forum today! Neither left any post, though ... and that led me to check the birthday notice for today (maybe it was their birthday was my thought). No, not at all. Two birthdays noted, one with 0 posts, and last activity in 2014. So I will probably go through the membership, selecting only 0 post people, and delete those last visiting the Forum at least one year ago. I wonder how low our membership count will go as a result of this action? What remains will be people with enough interest to participate in Gruntz in some way, not just "Lookie Lous".

[GooRoo]

'Members' with 0 posts and last activity prior to June 23, 2017 deleted today:
No.	login name	Last visit to this Forum
01	agam	Jun 28, 2016 at 6:24pm
02	alexwood	Mar 29, 2017 at 12:05am
03	allennicol	Sep 27, 2016 at 1:40am
04	andrusk	Feb 5, 2014 at 2:58am
05	attila1992	Oct 5, 2015 at 8:19am not the Designer
06	austinstrawz	Mar 31, 2017 at 5:36pm
07	beth0769	May 19, 2016 at 7:01pm
08	bobbiecat2	Jan 7, 2015 at 3:23pm
09	clevergrunt	Jan 24, 2015 at 6:24am
10	confeature	Jun 4, 2017 at 4:55am
11	cori	Feb 13, 2017 at 7:13pm
12	cubuspl42	Dec 12, 2015 at 12:04pm
13	darther	Dec 5, 2016 at 9:48am
14	davesari012	Nov 5, 2013 at 10:15pm
15	debs4647	Mar 23, 2017 at 3:20pm
16	diepdung	Nov 10, 2015 at 12:04am SPAMmer
17	donnynygiants	Apr 29, 2017 at 8:41pm
18	ebelechi	Mar 14, 2015 at 6:34am
19	elenataylor	May 29, 2017 at 2:01am
20	graminee	Feb 22, 2015 at 2:12am
21	gruntzuniversedev	Mar 16, 2018 at 6:47am
22	grunter	Apr 10, 2014 at 6:36pm
23	hothimyle0604	Jul 6, 2016 at 12:29am SPAMmer
24	isthymewha03	Mar 3, 2014 at 2:49am
25	jblessed	May 15, 2014 at 5:58pm
26	jinty415	Feb 14, 2015 at 9:18am
27	joannagruntz	Nov 15, 2015 at 4:11pm
28	johnathon	Apr 5, 2015 at 9:35pm
29	kaka22	Feb 10, 2018 at 12:23pm
30	kalihunter	May 2, 2016 at 12:59pm
31	kelmore	Jul 13, 2015 at 5:32am
32	lokesh1197	Jul 4, 2015 at 7:05pm
33	lycaemi	Aug 15, 2015 at 3:38pm
34	michal	Feb 28, 2015 at 1:14pm
35	nalin123	May 17, 2017 at 3:36am
36	nansen36	May 18, 2015 at 3:34am
37	nyanezt	Aug 12, 2015 at 5:20am
38	protoss42	Jun 13, 2015 at 1:59pm
39	rafuq	Jun 26, 2014 at 6:45pm
40	rschaadt	Sep 6, 2014 at 5:03am
41	rufus1000	Jan 30, 2014 at 12:26pm
42	s1	Nov 6, 2016 at 6:46am
43	seraphimgrunt	Jan 19, 2014 at 1:59am
44	sneakyshaman	Jan 14, 2017 at 7:41am
45	somu	May 7, 2014 at 6:41am
46	sweetguy	May 7, 2016 at 3:35am
47	tajcicica	Sep 25, 2014 at 11:56am
48	theghost	Apr 18, 2016 at 7:40am
49	tieyourshoelaces	Aug 3, 2016 at 3:05pm
50	winterfox123	Jul 10, 2014 at 1:34pm
51	wojtek6666	Oct 23, 2015 at 11:24am
52	yashpaul031987	Mar 1, 2015 at 10:51am

The two marked SPAMmer did not post, only had signatures with links (somewhere)

[GooRoo]

There are a number of other 'members' with 0 posts, but their last login was within the last year. If I get 'the bug' again next year, if they are still without any posts, they will be deleted. Except for the Designers who I set up as members to support their Custom Levelz ... 0 posts, but retained as long as this Forum exists.

A word to the wise: if you wish to remain a member, be sure to participate ... somewhere ... in Forum threads.

[swietymiki]

Jun 23, 2018 8:14:35 GMT -8 GooRoo said:

'Members' with 0 posts and last activity prior to June 23, 2017 deleted today:

The list also contains a few people whose last "activity" was after that date (one person even in 2018). Not that it matters much, since they had 0 posts, but still, was there an oversight?

[Deleted]

I think there are also so many people with up to 5 posts that can be deleted. As if deleting members doesn't mean a ban and can join again if they want to.

[GooRoo]

Jun 23, 2018 13:27:33 GMT -8 @benadnam said:

I think there are also so many people with up to 5 posts that can be deleted. As if deleting members doesn't mean a ban and can join again if they want to.

When a member who has posted is deleted, the number of posts are skewed. I could delete the posts along with the member, but some of those posts may be significant. I have enough things demanding (or I freely give to) my time, than want to read those few posts to see if they are significant. The deletions IMHO are simply to reduce the membership count to those who really cared (at one time, at least) about the game of Gruntz. Many people visit and create a login who know nothing about the game, and feel that they must become a member in order to view the content. The Forum turns outto be not what they were looking for, but they do not even consider deleting the account ... perhaps because they are not aware that they can do so. Some people (SPAMmers) create an account with no intention of ever participating, but know enough about ProBoards to create a signature for the account ... with links to whatever they want to advertise. At one time I was much more involved with everyday happenings here, and would delete such accounts immediately. As one can see in today's list, I missed a couple of them when I had my computer woes.

[GooRoo]

I see that it has been over four years since I last did any purging of inactive (0 posts, last visit at least 6 months ago).

This is a task that I can accomplish in just a few minutes, so I will purge whatever accounts I deem inactive per the above 'rule'.

But I will not add into this post with a list of the 'handles' deleted.

Edit: I lied. There were only 6 accounts that met the deletion criteria:

• cnc
• garadares
• guy
• isabel
• thechosenone
• vyborov

and there are 3 getting close.

P.S. There are Designerz with 0 posts with Quests on this Forum ... never will be deleted.