Let's Clear Up Usernames!

DarkCloud · September 4, 2000, 14:26

Let us say if a username has not accessed Apolyton since 1-1-1999 then it should be
deleted. Or if you believe that that is too close to now how about 11-1-1998. That
should clear up some good (and not so good) usernames for use.

Who is with me on this?

September 4, 2000, 14:31

1. it's a silly idea

2. what username are you thinking about there, for example?

Sir David · September 4, 2000, 14:35

I agree, this Idea have comed up several times, but Markos and Dan has ignored it... stupidness in my opinion, but I guess they love to see their high membercount...

DarkCloud · September 4, 2000, 14:40

Triple Post... (1)
[This message has been edited by DarkCloud (edited September 04, 2000).]

DarkCloud · September 4, 2000, 14:47

Triple Post... (2)

-Well at least this gets my post count up.
[This message has been edited by DarkCloud (edited September 04, 2000).]

September 4, 2000, 14:47

Sir David: that's the worst English I've ever seen

it's:

this idea has come up not have comed up

Markos and Dan have ignored it not has...

September 4, 2000, 14:49

Sir David: that's the worst English I've ever seen

it's:

this idea has come up not have comed up

Markos and Dan have ignored it not has...

DarkCloud · September 4, 2000, 14:51

There are obviously going to be some good Usernames in the early days of Apolyton that have not been used.

This is not because I in particular want to change my Username, but someone else might.

Say a person wants the name 'Gandalf' but that name is already taken but hasn't been used since 98' and the person has to settle for Gandalf101. That person would most likely want to have the 'Gandalf' name instead. Do you not think?

connorkimbro · September 4, 2000, 15:06

There are obviously going to be some good Usernames in the early days of Apolyton that have not been used.

This is not because I in particular want to change my Username, but someone else might.

Say a person wants the name 'Gandalf' but that name is already taken but hasn't been used since 98' and the person has to settle for Gandalf101. That person would most likely want to have the 'Gandalf' name instead. Do you not think?

Doh!! Didn't see you're post, sorry.

[This message has been edited by connorkimbro (edited September 04, 2000).]

Djugashvili · September 4, 2000, 15:09

so says Andz, king of 'i go now' and 'why you hate me?'...

September 4, 2000, 15:10

err... ck - that DarkCloud isn'T your DL I hope?

I mean nearly the same post by two different posters.. more than only strange

Djugashvili · September 4, 2000, 15:17

if it WAS his dl, andy, dont you think connor would have been smart enough to edit his entire message?

DarkCloud · September 4, 2000, 19:45

GAAAKKK!!! Triple post. How disgusting. I have no idea how that happened, but seriously let's discuss this topic.

Provost Harrison · September 4, 2000, 20:05

Actually I have just been messing around putting random usernames in to see what profiles there are, it is amazing how you can guess used usernames with simple names, terms, etc. And nearly all of them I have got, they have been old logins with next to no posts made, plenty of 0 post counts. So maybe it would be worthwhile to introduce a policy of deletion like this effective from now...(so the first deletions would occur in a year if no post is made)

War4ever · September 4, 2000, 21:30

now this idea seems reasonable

Victor Galis · September 4, 2000, 21:42

I agree! There's no reason Apolyton should have so many members. I think we need to cut down on the inactives, and never actives.

Gary · September 5, 2000, 09:30

Shouldn't this be in the Apolyton Forum ?

ghen · September 5, 2000, 09:44

bleh, then where would we go to complain and make silly posts? I'm not clicking outside this forum... its scary out there!

DarkCloud · September 5, 2000, 20:49

*Bump!*

Are there any more opinions on this?

Narck · September 5, 2000, 23:10

<center><table width=80%><tr><td>quote:
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Originally posted by DarkCloud on 09-05-2000 08:49 PM
*Bump!*

Are there any more opinions on this?
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></td></tr></table></center>yes, I think your username should be deleted

DarkCloud · September 8, 2000, 21:48

Once again a hearty *H*E*A*V*E* *U*P*

September 9, 2000, 02:45

Good idea, but I don't believe that Mark and Dan agree to it.

As sir David said, it increases the membercount and this is good enough reason for them not to do it...

DarkCloud · September 12, 2000, 20:29

Can Mark and Dan 'move' threads. This thread was originally posted by me in the 'off-topic' forum, but was moved here.

How did they do that?

-Also any opinions on deleting unused Usernames will be appreciated.

Ming · September 12, 2000, 20:39

They didn't move it...
I did

Yes, any Admin or mod can move, archive, close, or delete threads in forums they have control over.
It's actually pretty easy to do... but I have a lot of experience at it

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CivII & Off-Topic Forum Moderator
Ming@Apolyton.net

Murgatroyd · September 12, 2000, 21:40

He's gotten a little too much practice closing threads lately. Maybe he was afraid his thread-closing skills were getting rusty."

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September 13, 2000, 09:41

Okay, but only if you let me have "Yo_yo_yo_Hey" and "Stewart Spink" as Double Log-ins.

Urban Ranger · September 13, 2000, 22:58

What's this? You mean Markos and Dan count only acutal number of entries in the database? That's way too honest.

I have seen companies doing all kinds of crap to inflat things such as pageviews and hits. These are rather illegal because they are essentially fraud.