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Post by Lior Knight on Jan 1, 2008 12:41:27 GMT -5
(...) I'm helping Chad with a layout/template for a new forum for his fraternity. Maybe he'll be inspired to be here more once that gets going. Phil, can't you ask Chad for the BtVSFigs Admin, which previously was Tim's account? It should give you full access (without making Chad doing it manually) and you should be able to fix the forum.
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Post by KAL-EL on Jan 1, 2008 16:03:05 GMT -5
Thanks Sasha for the links and jbrow for the suggestion I know this has been previously asked, but someone that has the power can they PLEASE add the missing sections links to The Sunnydale Press box on the main page so they are easily accessible. I know we still have access to update that without Chad. Good idea. Done!
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Post by CowboyGuy on Jan 2, 2008 1:34:35 GMT -5
(...) I'm helping Chad with a layout/template for a new forum for his fraternity. Maybe he'll be inspired to be here more once that gets going. Phil, can't you ask Chad for the BtVSFigs Admin, which previously was Tim's account? It should give you full access (without making Chad doing it manually) and you should be able to fix the forum. I would have in the past, but I honestly just don't want the responsibility. I have limited time online and I want to devote most of my energy to SA now. I am boggled cause it would only take him two seconds to post a topic @ Proboards Support. They'd come here, log in, see and fix the problem.
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Post by EndofDayss on Jan 2, 2008 4:57:40 GMT -5
CowboyGuy,
I totally understand you not wanting the responsibility because of Slayalive, and I think we all respect that fully. However, it seems you are the only person who has had contact with him. It's very clear he no longer wants to admin the forum, be it for a lack of interest or time, but we still need someone that is willing, wants to, and can admin for us or really there is no point kidding ourselves trying to keep the forum alive, or trying to figure out what to do.
Since you also are the person with the most admin abilities besides him, and appear to have contact with him as it's been mentioned, I agree with Lior Knight. Can you please get the admin information from him? Not to be admin yourself, but to put someone else in the position so the forum can not only become something again, but at least take the steps to fix the damage to the forum structure. From my understanding the forum was originally not his (or at least not alone) and I know full admin was passed down to him because Tim, etc could no longer do it - and neither can he. It's not his forum, it's our forum and it's time he give it back to us by allowing us to have a proper admin that has all the powers needed to run the forum. It was different if it was just a matter of 'no leadership' but now there is actually something wrong with the forum and it needs attention.
If we have a proper BtVSFigsForum admin you can focus more on SlayAlive and not have to worry about us, AND we can actually do things that involve the two forums, and not having it all fall on your shoulders.
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Post by Lior Knight on Jan 2, 2008 5:14:40 GMT -5
I would have in the past, but I honestly just don't want the responsibility. I have limited time online and I want to devote most of my energy to SA now. I am boggled cause it would only take him two seconds to post a topic @ Proboards Support. They'd come here, log in, see and fix the problem. I totally get it but as Jbrow said, at the moment you are the only person who can fix it by reporting to ProBoards with that Admin account. Not to mention that giving somebody else the admin rights will save you time as well. Because as its now, Chad could care less about this forum or us.
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Post by CowboyGuy on Jan 2, 2008 18:44:30 GMT -5
Well Chad is kinda protective of this place. And I cannot give something that isn't mine. We all know Chad sees this as his forum, since Tim left it to him. It's just not my place to do that.
Also, I do not have access to the "BtVSFigs Admin" account. I tried to see what the password was, but it told me that it cannot be accessed by anyone but the "forum admin".
Unless Chad gets back to me with the info, I cannot fix anything.
I already have an account at Proboards Support FYI.
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Post by Lior Knight on Jan 2, 2008 18:57:44 GMT -5
Well Chad is kinda protective of this place. And I cannot give something that isn't mine. We all know Chad sees this as his forum, since Tim left it to him. It's just not my place to do that. Also, I do not have access to the "BtVSFigs Admin" account. I tried to see what the password was, but it told me that it cannot be accessed by anyone but the "forum admin". Unless Chad gets back to me with the info, I cannot fix anything. I already have an account at Proboards Support FYI. Valid points. But actions speak lauder than words, and Chad's lack of action just shows you how much he cares about this forum. I do hope Chad would give you info to the admin account so at least you'd be able to ask ProBoards to fix this forum. While we can handle not having an active admin we cannot keep the forum alive for long when its so messed up.
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Post by CowboyGuy on Jan 2, 2008 18:59:45 GMT -5
Yes, true. I'm not saying that I want to go away or anything, just to clarify. So I hope Chad will get back to me with the admin password so I can fix this.
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Post by Jess on Jan 2, 2008 19:05:01 GMT -5
Well him being protective is nice and all that, but he obviously doesn't love or care about it anymore otherwise he'd be here more often and actually give a damn about this place.
It doesn't belong to Chad, it belongs to the people who keep it alive. I bet Tim's real proud of what it turned into with Chad's neglect... rolls eyes...
Sorry if that sounded bitchy, but this place is really getting dead around here without him helping out with 1 little problem (among other problems). And it's just frustrating that we can't do anything about fixing it.
CBG, you obviously have contact with him, just ask him to post on the fix board for us. It'll take him 2 minutes. He's the only one who can report it so why isn't he? He obviously saw the problem since he was logged in the first couple of days it was there.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Chad really needs to pass on his admin rights to someone else. He is not doing jack squat for this forum productiveness, and he has shown how much he doesn't care about by being absent. We just need someone who will actually care about this forum.
There are a lot of people here who go to college and have extra activities and they still manage to post and be around. What's so different about him? 1 thing: he doesn't care anymore.
I do like SlayAlive, but I feel more at home here. It's nothing against SA, I just feel that way. This was the first ever forum I ever joined.
-Jess
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Post by EndofDayss on Jan 2, 2008 19:30:39 GMT -5
Well Chad is kinda protective of this place. And I cannot give something that isn't mine. We all know Chad sees this as his forum, since Tim left it to him. It's just not my place to do that. I'm pretty sure Tim left it for him to take care of, not abandon and in the process piss all the active members off. On the topic of Tim, is there anything he could do or would he still have the needed information? I know he still visits the forum ... remember when there was the thread going on in the general discussion thread regarding that member who was having self image issues not to long ago? (i can't remember the member name and I'm to lazy to do look) Anyways, Tim put in his two cents several times via another member who posted it for him since he doesn't have his own account anymore. We can't just wait for Chad to sit around and do nothing. Like Jsebold87 said, I like SlayAlive but it's home here and I don't want to see it take anymore of a nose dive - which lacking those few sections as part of the main structure seems to be doing.
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Post by Rogue on Jan 2, 2008 20:14:44 GMT -5
I would post more to say, but Jess and Jbrow already covered it So, how would we go about choosing someone to take charge of this forum in Chad's place? Should we start with a poll asking whether Chad should be impeached?
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Post by henz on Jan 2, 2008 20:40:17 GMT -5
Has anyone noticed there's only like 5 of us here?
lol it's what it seems like anyway.
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Post by Rogue on Jan 2, 2008 20:46:45 GMT -5
Sometimes, henz... Hey, Tim's old account (the "master" account) is logged in right now.
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Post by CowboyGuy on Jan 2, 2008 21:18:42 GMT -5
Yup I see that the admin account logged in Hopefully they'll fix it! No one messaged me the info though. You guys need to understand that although I hear from Chad from time to time, I'm not he BFF...and I can't make him do anything lol. If that was the case he would be here daily like the old days! It's odd to me, because he did say that he wants this place to get back to what it once was. I dunno how that's supposed to happen though.
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Post by Jinxieman on Jan 2, 2008 21:34:48 GMT -5
It's odd to me, because he did say that he wants this place to get back to what it once was. I dunno how that's supposed to happen though. DST or another company producing Buffy figures again
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Post by henz on Jan 2, 2008 21:48:40 GMT -5
^ That'd be a start hehe
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Post by Insanity on Jan 2, 2008 22:38:11 GMT -5
Wow, anyone notice that since this happened, hardly anyone logs on? Its not like I'm saying this place was uber-popular before the incident, but these past week or so there has been no one logged on for hours. I've never seen it that bad before.
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Post by CMK1887 on Jan 2, 2008 23:20:02 GMT -5
I've posted over at the ProBoards forum, and they're looking into it. I don't have the energy to reply to everything that's been said, but the problems will be addressed soon.
Sorry, guys.
-CMK
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Post by Thorn Of Deucalion on Jan 2, 2008 23:38:04 GMT -5
Cool Chad , Thanks .....
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Post by SlayerLV on Jan 2, 2008 23:59:27 GMT -5
Thanks Chad!
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