Video info more restricted over time

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Video info more restricted over time

Post by Phade » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:29 pm

Hey,

Since there seems to be a rash of people flipping out and trying to blank out their past by overwriting their video entry information, the video description field now becomes append-only whenever the video entry becomes limited (meaning when you can’t change the anime and music information). This is (hopefully) a temporary fix while we find a better method of preventing people from trying to destroy database information.

In the mean time, we have been recovering information by using the web site www.archive.org which takes periodic snapshots of the internet. You can check out the snapshots they have of the Org to see what the site was like way back when.

I hope this helps. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Phade.

[paizuri: This issue has been resolved. The current functionality of the video comments is explained in this post.]

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Re: Video info more restricted over time

Post by Scintilla » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:07 pm

Phade wrote:Since there seems to be a rash of people flipping out and trying to blank out their past by overwriting their video entry information,...
This is common? I thought it was just an isolated incident (with an editor who happens to fairly well-known).
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Post by Phade » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:40 pm

Hey,

It has happened often enough for it to be a problem for us.

Phade.

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Post by SarahtheBoring » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:54 pm

So... once.

Good luck with the long-term solution, though. It's a shame that thousands of members have to be inconvenienced because of one guy's tantrum, but there has to be a good compromise out there. Ganbatte. 8-)

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Post by SuperFusion » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:08 pm

Wow. You people have a sick obsession with keeping data on every AMV ever existed. I wanna say "get a life," but that might get me banned

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Post by Flint the Dwarf » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:47 pm

SuperFusion, that's the entire point of this site. Data on every AMV that ever existed. Does it need to be pointed out the the admins on this site (excluding derobert :P ) have a life?
Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.

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Post by SuperFusion » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:51 pm

They sure don't act like they have a life.

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Post by Flint the Dwarf » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:04 am

Well, this is the internet, if you hadn't noticed. Would you rather the admins 'asl' and 'lol' everyone they see?
Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.

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Post by godix » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:17 am

So the video become append only after while. Fine but when exactly is this? Are we talking days or months here?
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Post by Scintilla » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:27 am

godix wrote:So the video become append only after while. Fine but when exactly is this? Are we talking days or months here?
Phade wrote:Since there seems to be a rash of people flipping out and trying to blank out their past by overwriting their video entry information, the video description field now becomes append-only whenever the video entry becomes limited (meaning <b>when you can’t change the anime and music information</b>).
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