Site-Wide Pruning

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There will be a site-wide prune of members and threads this Wednesday, the 25 of March.

The cut-off is members who have less than 5 posts and have been part of CDL for 3 years. If you are still active but don't post, for whatever reason,  and as a result have less than 5 posts please PM an Admin or Moderator.

As for threads, threads that have been inactive for more than 90 days (i.e no one has posted in them) will be considered stale and removed.
EXCEPT for the Christianity boards.

EDIT: You only need to worry about having less than 5 posts if you've been a member for more than 3 years.

[116Godman]

I agree 

[dkst0426]

::applauds::

[keytars_forever]

I’ve got some older threads with downloads that I am sure are still being downloaded from time to time (rapidshare premium - I see the download numbers) but don’t necessarily have coments in them. Is it okay for me to "bump" my threads (write a comment) in order to save them from deletion?

[broken.]

Sure

[keytars_forever]

Ok. Good move to speed up the forums, by the way. Thanks!

[merola1024]

thanks for the heads up, broken.

[cococatfish]

i'd say this is not such a good idea ... same thing as "keytars_forever". There are lots of posts where people just download without a comment, and that would be not such a good idea to delete good posts with good music... i think

[giova89]

noooooo please there are too many threads that I need to check cause I want to download some music  pls I ask you to not delete the threads until the next week 

[Belgarion]

Pruning is good.  Thankfully, none of my posted items will be past the ninety days, so no need to bump.  Thanks for keeping the site running well!

[diegomat]

about the member I absolute agree, but with downloads is not the same deal, I mean old thread mean a data base for many

[116Godman]

about the member I absolute agree, but with downloads is not the same deal, I mean old thread mean a data base for many

I think the member pruning can be something like 2 years with less then 5 posts but the post shouldn't b pruned so soon. Maybe at least 6 months with no activity. For me personally the best post are those old post I didn't hear anything about.

[dkst0426]

i'd say this is not such a good idea ... same thing as "keytars_forever". There are lots of posts where people just download without a comment, and that would be not such a good idea to delete good posts with good music... i think

Date registered: November 2006

noooooo please there are too many threads that I need to check cause I want to download some music  pls I ask you to not delete the threads until the next week 

Date registered: February 2007

All this time, and you haven't had enough time to look through the threads? Maybe people who download without posting could consider becoming a bit more of a contributor to this online community, and I mean beyond simply posting to say thanks for the downloads.

I think the member pruning can be something like 2 years with less then 5 posts but the post shouldn't b pruned so soon. Maybe at least 6 months with no activity. For me personally the best post are those old post I didn't hear anything about.

90 days with no activity is an eternity on a message board.

[illuminate]

Thanks for the FYI Broken!

[clublk]

Agree n a good idea.

[andrboot]

woo finally some pruning

[petprophet]

What can I say, as in the spiritual, so in the natural, pruning is a great thing. It is sometimes painful but is always beneficial so prune away. 

Keep up the good work.

GBY

 

[cococatfish]

All this time, and you haven't had enough time to look through the threads? Maybe people who download without posting could consider becoming a bit more of a contributor to this online community, and I mean beyond simply posting to say thanks for the downloads.

If you checked on Christian Sonic lately (the blog i and some others run and have lot of staff taken from this beautiful community) you may have seen a PayPal Donate button we just added. First 10$ to be donated will go straight to Christiandl PayPal chest. Hope those 3000 Unique and 8000 PageViewers of a Christian Sonic day will make a difference. It's all Christiandl Credit after all.

Sry for off-topic. Be Blessed.

[sonofchrist]

I was kind of surprised to see this thread. I understand it's need, and I fall in the category of pruning. Not because I don't like it here or appreciate it's efforts. I most certainly do. In fact it is here that I have been able to sample things, not found elsewhere.

I pray that I do not make the "cut", and perhaps this was a needed wake up call for me to be more active. In fact, I didn't realize until today that I had even been a member that long.

I only have 6 hours log in time total. I know to some that may not be anything, but to me it is the world. Resources are hard to come by, and christian fellowship even harder.

I hope that I will continue to  be a part of things here to come, and if I am not, will there be a way to reenter at some point?

Thanks for letting me ramble.

God Bless you!

[dkst0426]

If you checked on Christian Sonic lately (the blog i and some others run and have lot of staff taken from this beautiful community) you may have seen a PayPal Donate button we just added. First 10$ to be donated will go straight to Christiandl PayPal chest. Hope those 3000 Unique and 8000 PageViewers of a Christian Sonic day will make a difference. It's all Christiandl Credit after all.

Sry for off-topic. Be Blessed.

I don't go to Christian Sonic. More power to what you're running over there - it's all really besides the point as pertains to CDL.

But nice touch adding the donate to CDL button at the last minute. That's what it took to drive you to become more involved here after setting up your own website on the side, admittedly drawing from this very community? Are you lifting links from CDL as well?

I was kind of surprised to see this thread. I understand it's need, and I fall in the category of pruning. Not because I don't like it here or appreciate it's efforts. I most certainly do. In fact it is here that I have been able to sample things, not found elsewhere.

I pray that I do not make the "cut", and perhaps this was a needed wake up call for me to be more active. In fact, I didn't realize until today that I had even been a member that long.

I only have 6 hours log in time total. I know to some that may not be anything, but to me it is the world. Resources are hard to come by, and christian fellowship even harder.

I hope that I will continue to  be a part of things here to come, and if I am not, will there be a way to reenter at some point?

Thanks for letting me ramble.

God Bless you!

Hope to see you become more active! 

[bamshak]

I Support this, cos the rate at which the server is "breaking down" is alarming,
sth has to be done and i think it shld be done fast.

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There is no rule to say that you can't sign up again after you've been pruned, this is to remove /inactive/ members, so I suspect many won't re-join. If you do happen to be pruned you can register again, you will have just lost those posts.

[keytars_forever]

So simply give a signal like sonofchrist did and you will get spared, right?

[dkst0426]

So simply give a signal like sonofchrist did and you will get spared, right?

Make some posts. I mean, seriously - we're just talking about having more than 5 posts here. And hopefully people don't just go on a run of one-word/one-sentence posts.

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If you do get removed and are active, it would only be because you had less than 5 posts (and have bene a member for longer than 3 years). Re-registering and getting that post count again is a trivial matter.

[keytars_forever]

So simply give a signal like sonofchrist did and you will get spared, right?

Make some posts. I mean, seriously - we're just talking about having more than 5 posts here. And hopefully people don't just go on a run of one-word/one-sentence posts.

Yeah, hopefully. A bit more participation by the many inactive members would be great! On the other hand I think it’s okay to prevent deletion. If you’re going to sign up again anyway...

Oh and wouldn’t more activity also stress the server more?

[dkst0426]

If I'm not mistaken, the Admins also have the ability to see the date of last activity/last logging in on this board for each individual member. If there are inactives who haven't logged in for over a year (for example), that seems like another good cutoff point.

[giova89]

hey guys I dont wanna be a nuisance, but I will really appreciate if "BROKEN" can give me just one week pls 

[comebackvic]

Pruning sounds nice.

[elijahmay]

Pruning sounds nice.

Prune soup even better, yummy!

Seriously though, as for any threads being lost,
-OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
It's a great way of cleaning up the many many
double-postings, dead links, "dead" members, etc.
And as for stuff that will be lost,
-the request sections are there for a reason ;-)

Another thing that could be pruned at the same time
is the maximum size of signatures,
some of them are horrendously huge(just check above)
and a nuisance to the eyes.
(It reminds me of those who have a need to
tag their initials everywhere in public)
and can also be a drag when jumping to a new page.

[Ricketick]

I agree about the members.
But I think you shouldn't delete the download-part, it's such a big database! (Especially discographies and such)

[cococatfish]

If I'm not mistaken, the Admins also have the ability to see the date of last activity/last logging in on this board for each individual member. If there are inactives who haven't logged in for over a year (for example), that seems like another good cutoff point.

Do you think they'll do it manually ?! I mean, i don't think so... anyways.

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The maintenance is now complete. By popular demand, heh, the download section was left intact (alongside the other boards mentioned before Christianity etc .. ) , except for the requests.

End result: about ~9000 topics were removed, and ~10000 members.

[116Godman]

The maintenance is now complete. By popular demand, heh, the download section was left intact (alongside the other boards mentioned before Christianity etc .. ) , except for the requests.

End result: about 8000 topics were removed, and 10000 members.

thanks bro, I appreciate it

[dkst0426]

Another thing that could be pruned at the same time
is the maximum size of signatures,
some of them are horrendously huge(just check above)
and a nuisance to the eyes.
(It reminds me of those who have a need to
tag their initials everywhere in public)
and can also be a drag when jumping to a new page.

Adblock. Or disable sigs.

Do you think they'll do it manually ?! I mean, i don't think so... anyways.

Not sure what you're talking about.

Great job on the pruning. Site's running quicker than I recall recently on this end.

[clublk]

The maintenance is now complete. By popular demand, heh, the download section was left intact (alongside the other boards mentioned before Christianity etc .. ) , except for the requests.

End result: about ~9000 topics were removed, and ~10000 members.

well lets wait for the result

[broken.]

Some MySQL performance optimzations were just configured as well. Lets see how it goes

[Ricketick]

The maintenance is now complete. By popular demand, heh, the download section was left intact (alongside the other boards mentioned before Christianity etc .. ) , except for the requests.

End result: about ~9000 topics were removed, and ~10000 members.

Yeah, thanks!

[giova89]

The maintenance is now complete. By popular demand, heh, the download section was left intact (alongside the other boards mentioned before Christianity etc .. ) , except for the requests.

End result: about ~9000 topics were removed, and ~10000 members.

yeahh, Thank you so much, I really appreciate your consideration  yahoooooo I feel too happy cause yeah I know pruning is a need, but trust me that I love to CDL this is like my home, it is my favorite forum ever I am logging on 7 days of the week  THANKSSSS AGAIN the site is running fast, God blesss ya!


Thanks God for ..:::Christiandl:::.. I ask you to bless all the people make possible keep running fine this forum.  

[comebackvic]

10000 members?? o.O

[dkst0426]

10000 members?? o.O

More to the point, 10000 inactive accounts.

[116Godman]

10000 members?? o.O

More to the point, 10000 inactive accounts.

thats out of 32000 members

[comebackvic]

Well, that's a lot anyways

[Lincoln]

Glad the pruning went well. Now to sift through all the leftover threads in the downloads section and delete all the threads with dead links. You could also probably remove the Christian Music News child board since the one and only topic was made in dec last year.

[Nada]

If I'm not mistaken, the Admins also have the ability to see the date of last activity/last logging in on this board for each individual member. If there are inactives who haven't logged in for over a year (for example), that seems like another good cutoff point.

Well yes...and no. Because I remembered about this site recently and I haven't been on here...for a while. I have pesky university work that distracts me Was actually surprised I still had an account.