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Disappearing Thread

Collaboration
08-04-2004, 08:01
Disappearing Thread:

Twice I have started a harmless innocent word game in General and twice it has disappeared.

I had no warnings or any communication that this was offensive or spam; the threads just disappeared.

Last month it was "Stupid Answer, Stupid Question", which was about 23 pages.

This month it was "SASQ".

Other word games continue to run, such as "Word Game 3.3", "Word Game 4", and "Word Disassociation". I am glad they're there; they sharpen the mind.

But where did my creations go- and why?

I know they are gone because they are not in the forum back pages and not in "view your posts".
Collaboration
08-04-2004, 14:52
Any wisdom on this business, whether from players or mods, will be appreciated.

My paranoid brain makes me feel I'm being singled out as a spammer, which would be unfair.
Free Soviets
08-04-2004, 20:17
did you ask in moderation or anything?
Collaboration
08-04-2004, 22:11
I asked the forum moderator.
If you think this should be moved, maybe I'll move it.
I thought just maybe it might be a technical problem.
08-04-2004, 22:17
This bug happens sometimes. It's not mods, it's the server. That happened to the NationStates Super Thread in the NationStates forum. It disappeared in December and reappeared in January.
Attitude 910
09-04-2004, 04:17
Yea Sometimes threads will disappear and appear later normally it is returned in a few hours but I never knew it took that long with the Superthread


[not a mod]
Collaboration
09-04-2004, 05:24
That was what I thought, until it happened to two related but separate threads.

Then I began to get paranoid. :shock:
The Basenji
09-04-2004, 05:31
Eh, it's probably the server. Who knows. :? I can't wait till we move this month.... :D
Attitude 910
09-04-2004, 06:07
Eh, it's probably the server. Who knows. :? I can't wait till we move this month.... :D

Me too cause then maybe I will be able to log into the forums during the day. :D
Wetland
09-04-2004, 08:20
There is another thread that has dissapeared.
Layarteb
09-04-2004, 08:22
This happened to be once too with Seizure of Layarteb Embassy and frankly I thought it was wierd but after a few days it came back. I just wrote it off as a server/forum glitch due to excessive bandwith usage. The thread still exists if you go to the URL directly but in the forum and in the search it isn't there. Wierd huh? Ah well computers are funny sorts.
Wetland
09-04-2004, 08:26
I don't have the thread.