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Hey ye oldsters, take up your brooms, we'll strike a sweeping party!
The following is directed at 'old' members, i.e., those who remember EzBoard times and have been around prior to our migration to UBB software.
When occassionaly I happen to wander in our attics, I find some posts which originally took place in Ez times, posts (possibly) of great value, but of horrid appearence. They usually look like one to follow: Quote:
What I need you oldsters for now is that once in a while, when you occasionally meet such a post of your authorship, (please) take a minite or two to get rid of these rags. For it is not you only who happens to stray into our attics once in a while, and I suppose many a good topic were not read due to repelling appearence it had thanks to old code tags left in it. But a minute of your time, and the post looks much more attractive: Quote:
Many members who posted in days of yore and have similar 'attic posts' are no longer around. We can't help their posts looking the way they do today, but we can cleanse ours. Some even may be deserving to be thrown into a dustbin, and you'd be glad to have a chance to reread and delete it, as you'll be striken by their 'unsuitability' to standards, or to what you think appropriate today. Please?
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Deadnight Chanter
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another proviso
All of the above applicable when person editing constrains said to criteria as defined in the followng thread:
Let me know the reason, there is a good lad or lassie I.e. no drastic changes, mere cosmetic decoration or grammatical consistency is required and asked for Thanks ![]()
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For those with post-counts beyond 500, early posts can be found by doing an advanced search.
Wish I had as much attic-time as you do, H-I!
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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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Good idea, H-I. Personally, I've already been cleaning my old posts when someone dredges them up. I've done it because I figured if someone has taken the time to bring back such old mathoms (not always a good thing), they might as well be legible.
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Yes, BW, I do the same
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Stormdancer of Doom
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Ah, but that's my point... my normal "course of events" doesn't take me to them very often. When it does I shall narse.
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Auspicious Wraith
Join Date: May 2002
Location: The Netherlands
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There's me thinking you were organising a party for us Heren ...
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Denethor's True Love
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... *swoon*
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Thankyou for bringing this up, I've now begun slavishly trawling through my posts improving and altering where I can. It's surprising what you can dig up in a search, I've had a lot of fun re-discovering the older topics. Not as much fun seeing how badly I posted, though.
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'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard. |
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
Posts: 7,500
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An excellent suggestion, HI! Additionally, for members whose posts are later than EZBoard days - the old UBB links don't work since our last move. It's a good idea to check old posts for links and fix them so that they lead where they are meant to go! Smilie codes need fixing as well...
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Deadnight Chanter
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it is easier than I thought
Well, if before starting the campaign my 'cleaning' was occasional, now, to give a good leading example
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Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim
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I actually remember the EZ board days. i think it was in May 2000 I visited a few times under the name Snowdogs. Fortunatly I seriously doubt any of my few posts from back then ever made it through the circuts of time.
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Stormdancer of Doom
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H-I, suddenly I am glad that I joined quite a bit later than you.
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Ok... um i need to ask a question...maybe two.
I don't think i've been around since the Ez board days but, i do remember a big renovation taking place on the downs...because, it seemed as if everyone had "disappeared" and some posts were not there as they had been the day before. Also, some of the formats in the profile changed. I think it might had been sometime in the last two summers...I might be wrong. Another is, I forgot how to locate very old post... and i feel in a cleaning mood so, i'm just curious. If you could help, it would be a great relief! ~Thankful Ka~
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Deadnight Chanter
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The events you refer to must have happened when the UBB versions updates took place (Fall 2002, Spring 2004, I will stand corrected if I missed some). Only smiley codes ran amok during the event. But your initiative is commendable
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Deadnight Chanter
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update and a tip
Current situation update: Despite recent slowdown, I believe I've managed one fifth of the whole posts to be edited.
Tip for those who just started - don't repeat my mistake, and keep record of number of posts you've edited - knowing the date of the migration from EZ to UBB, and knowing approximate number of your posts by that date, it will be easier for you to know what is your progress. I haven't done that, and now regret it ![]() cheers
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World's Tallest Hobbit
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Where the view is long
Posts: 2,117
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Up!
Because we (yes me too) have been slacking off. I like reading the old threads, but sometimes it's too tedious.
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Deadnight Chanter
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reporting progress, sarge!
Well, after nine months of 'slackery-nigglery' editing, I may finally wipe my brow and give birth to a report: at last, all my posts [presumably, unless I've missed some] in Books forum are cleansed of old code rags and, hopefully, spelling errors too. Some got deleted for being pointless, useless (on account of me not remembering where the links I originally provided were supposed to lead to) or generally silly.
The enourmous time waste over comparatively small number of posts was caused by the fact that, more often than not, I was distracted from my main goal and got carried away reading them ![]() Now, horrid 'Quotes' forum lies ahead of me. It contains way more posts to be edited... *sigh*
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Shadowed Prince
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Thulcandra
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Surely it isn't really necessary to go through all your Quotes posts!
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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: A green and pleasant land
Posts: 8,390
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Good heavens, H-I. Take a break!
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This brings up rather frightening memories. I think I was 14 when I signed up here.
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Deadnight Chanter
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SpM, TGWBS, Helen, first things first, that's why it took so long
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Party Tree
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I'm done!! Actually, don't start being impressed. I had only one post to clean in this guise (Holbytlass), my original (Hobbitlass) I can't get into therefore I regret that it must remain dirty.
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I may wipe my brow now - Quotable Quotes cleansed
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