DemonGoddess

How I work a merge is this: First, I adjust the date of the newer story (as it's normally the one being updated) to the original upload date. Then, I transfer the reviews to the one story from the other. Finally, I add in the rates that were recieved on the other story as well. Last step is deletion. As to the workload, I knew, roughly, what it would be when I first started planning this repair. That's not to say I've not found new things that I need to do besides related to it, that weren't apparent until I was actually IN the db. .

aw man, sorry things have been so rough for ya lately.

thank you. This way you don't lose all the data attached to the older story. For future reference, we normally DELETE double posted stuff as we find it, unless there is a very good reason why. Most common is when the db crashed several years ago and while they were restoring, they also told authors to repost. So, I have many, many, many to merge. LOL

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Can ya tell me who he is? hehe, not many people recognize the breed of him . Spambots are a fecking nightmare, so there are things I've had to put in place simply to prevent us being flooded with a ton of posts which need deleted daily. Thankfully, this software has all KINDS of neat toys to make that easier for me.

You really should wait until someone answers your query before creating a second login. I'll be merging the accounts. Also, please post your tech support queries in the tech support forum. This is not the right forum.

I take it you have a story I need to merge?

Guest posters are set to not be able to post links as a spam prevention thing. You want to post links in forum, you register. Category link.

In use, like the definition of the word. Which is here...

Prompt: frittle Posting rules here. Sorry guys, got sidetracked with other stuff... For the purposes of this word prompt, at least, the meaning of this week's word is this: "a temporary mark on the skin caused by the impression of a textured surface."

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Underagers Inconclusive -364 Returning minors -55 Confirmed adults -515 OLD minors being processed -701 OLD minors, processing completed - 224 Deleted, now 18 and able to return - 323 Users posting for minors -16 First time deletions -272 Being processed-6 Taken over (posting for minors, minors who keep coming back) -9 Total number of members looked at -2485 Trolls/Flamers/Spammers Processing completed -217 Accounts taken over -5 Being processed - None at present Total members looked at - 222 Plagiarism Resolved - 114 (there were some duplicates last month, so the count is down for that reason) Permissions confirmed - 39 Co-authored stories (confirmed) - 14 <--not plagiarism, simply record keeping Citation corrections - 49 Citations needed - 19 Unsubstantiated -38 Being processed -21 (this includes users we know about who may or may not be here yet, but have plagiarised elsewhere, where we monitor) Accounts taken over - 30 Total members looked at -324 Other TOS Violations Being processed -None at present Resolved -301 Total issues looked at -301 Invalid emails Being processed - 4 Processing complete - 252 (this is deletions for no contact with working email, or corrections with working email) Total members looked at -256 Duplicate Accounts Merged in to one account- 153 KNOWN shared and allowed additional accounts - 19 Being processed -264 Total members looked at -436 *This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage. Something else to remember, is that this can affect an author's review board as well. When I delete a minor, for example, I also delete their reviews. Same for trolls, plagiarists, and etc. I delete ALL their content.

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The software is written to where that I can't make a follow through link in the profile page itself for the forum. The click link only shows up in posts.

A couple years ago the author removed a couple stories after having been given a warning, rather than correct the issue.