Author Topic: URGENT: Recent Forum Crashes and upcoming Old Thread Holocaust (Read 6551 times)

Kirk · « **Reply #40 on:** February 06, 2009, 07:06:21 AM »

We have a forum for spam, please use it. El.

Dalek · « **Reply #41 on:** February 06, 2009, 07:16:05 AM »

We have a forum for spam, please use it. El.

Barihawk · « **Reply #42 on:** February 06, 2009, 08:19:40 AM »

Quote from: Nero on February 05, 2009, 02:21:52 PM

Quote from: kirk2164 on February 04, 2009, 11:27:47 PM
If you delete the solved problems, what's to keep the noobs from posting them over and over? We lose our typical "Use Search Button" response.
Create a locked, stickyed thread that says LOOK HERE FOR PROBLEMS and tell them they're on BCFiles. I don't know it was just an idea.

I think we can pick which forums do we have a purge and which not to.

martyr · « **Reply #43 on:** February 06, 2009, 01:47:01 PM »

just have to keep the sexiest women thread

086gf · « **Reply #44 on:** February 06, 2009, 01:52:15 PM »

Quote from: martyr on February 06, 2009, 01:47:01 PM

just have to keep the sexiest women thread

Dude, its a sticky...its not going anywhere.;)

El · « **Reply #45 on:** February 06, 2009, 05:27:33 PM »

Quote from: lmm086gf on February 06, 2009, 01:52:15 PM

Quote from: martyr on February 06, 2009, 01:47:01 PM
just have to keep the sexiest women thread

Dude, its a sticky...its not going anywhere.;)

Lol, too right!

DJ Curtis · « **Reply #46 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:18:54 PM »

mug shots thread would be nice to keep to.

Aeries · « **Reply #47 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:33:10 PM »

Quote from: DJ Curtis on February 06, 2009, 06:18:54 PM

mug shots thread would be nice to keep to.

Ditto!

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #48 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:53:29 PM »

id like to keep useful facts thread, maybe desktop pics thread?

the stickied "Welcome to Freepost" thread could go, tho, im thinking...

Barihawk · « **Reply #49 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:21:02 PM »

Along with the rest of the forum.

*hides*

RCgothic · « **Reply #50 on:** February 07, 2009, 08:12:28 AM »

Thanks for the offer Raven, but I don't think that will be necessary.

The archive has just been nuked. I'm about to do chat and freepost. Threads not posted in within 30 days will go, except for stickies. I'll sticky the threads mentioned for the moment so that they're safe.

RCgothic · « **Reply #51 on:** February 07, 2009, 08:33:02 AM »

Ok, we're down to 65k posts, which should be enough for the moment. I will still be looking for threads to trim.

I'll make a thread taking suggestions for deletions, particularly from the modding forums where others will know better than I what to delete or not.

I suspect the mugshot thread is dead, which will have been an unfortunate accident. I thought it was in chat, but couldn't find it after the culling of free-post. That and any other threads, such as Post Spam Here or BCC Bump thread can be restarted.

Aeries · « **Reply #52 on:** February 07, 2009, 07:53:15 PM »

Quote from: RCgothic on February 07, 2009, 08:33:02 AM

Ok, we're down to 65k posts, which should be enough for the moment. I will still be looking for threads to trim.

I'll make a thread taking suggestions for deletions, particularly from the modding forums where others will know better than I what to delete or not.

I suspect the mugshot thread is dead, which will have been an unfortunate accident. I thought it was in chat, but couldn't find it after the culling of free-post. That and any other threads, such as Post Spam Here or BCC Bump thread can be restarted.

For BC Modding, don't bother keeping my D'Kyr or Serenity threads. The only one of major importance is the Mithra, for me. I can always start up the other two at another date when I actually put some work into them for a change. I'd like to mention that in my humble opinion, the tutorials area and the topics within it should be saved, though I'd also like to suggest trimming any useless posts out of them to keep them clean and efficient. jsut my two cents for today.

Raven Night · « **Reply #53 on:** February 15, 2009, 10:38:45 AM »

Im not sure pruning would help, as the forum has gone down a few times already. We had the same kind of problem at BCU...abiet caused by hacking or bad mods installed.

Here is some info that may help.

You can do this one of two ways.

Login to phpmyadmin.

Go into your database.

Check the smf_messages table, and select the option to repair it.

OR you can login to phpMyAdmin and run the following queries:

REPAIR TABLE `smf_messages`

OPTIMIZE TABLE `smf_messages`

You should run the smf_messages table repair at least once a week.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #54 on:** February 15, 2009, 12:48:29 PM »

Yeah as far as I know, pruning has been tried, and still getting the same errors occasionally. Might be a repair needed.

Dawg81 · « **Reply #55 on:** February 15, 2009, 01:05:57 PM »

i hate to say but the most recent crash might have been hacking casue a few members of the IKF clan experienced crashes on their own PCs due to hacking around the same time BCC went down yesterday

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #56 on:** February 15, 2009, 01:40:36 PM »

it definitely wasnt caused by hacking...

Dawg81 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 15, 2009, 01:59:13 PM »

there goes that theory lol

Aeries · « **Reply #58 on:** February 15, 2009, 02:00:21 PM »

Quote from: 9thDawg on February 15, 2009, 01:59:13 PM

there goes that theory lol

you try. *ruffles your hair*

Raven Night · « **Reply #59 on:** February 15, 2009, 04:38:00 PM »

Well, it is possible to overflow the table, but it would be an odd way to hack the forum. Most attackers overflow the connections table instead...so it is unlikely to be a hack. Probably a damaged table.

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Author Topic: URGENT: Recent Forum Crashes and upcoming Old Thread Holocaust (Read 6551 times)