No, the number did not change, and the board still appears on the list of adminned boards. The only way I could tell it was gone was by going to the board and seeing the oh-so-lovely pink message "The Requested Board Has Been Deleted." FWIW, it has been restored. Brynne On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Wendy Howard <wendy.howard@gmail.com>wrote: > Did you notice if the number of boards assigned to you (visible near the > top of the window when you're in the Admin Centre) had changed when your > board had vanished? > > Just wondering if this is a "tell" for us to watch for, if we know how > many boards we've signed up for. Mine is currently showing the number I > expect it to, but if there's any doubt I'll go and check the 250+ boards > individually tonight. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Brynne Holland <brynneholland@gmail.com> > *To:* boards-admins@rootsweb.com > *Sent:* 03/18/2009 12:24:55 AM +1300 > *Subject:* [BAd] Check your boards > > > > A couple of weeks ago, I discovered one of my locality boards had been > > deleted. Staff restored it and David blamed it on "gremlins" and utterly > > baffled why "the server" was doing this. > > > > This morning, the board is gone again. > > > > Normally, I don't physically go to each board every day, just the ones > that > > have had new posts. However, I will be checking each of my boards daily. > > > > The ongoing errors (move function broken since ?September, search > function > > broken since November, recently the Anonymous poster) are getting > > ridiculous. > > > > Brynne Holland > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Paul, I've seen no explanation so far, just a post from Joan saying she'd reported it and thought others had too. I've contacted the Help Desk about it myself today. It's getting in the way of me administering my boards properly and this thread was started four days ago, so you'd think someone would have heard something by now. Will let you all know if I get a response if no-one else has reported anything similar in the meantime. Kind Regards, Wendy Howard -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/

Thanks, Wendy   It sure is a annoyance.   Paul

A couple of weeks ago, I discovered one of my locality boards had been deleted. Staff restored it and David blamed it on "gremlins" and utterly baffled why "the server" was doing this. This morning, the board is gone again. Normally, I don't physically go to each board every day, just the ones that have had new posts. However, I will be checking each of my boards daily. The ongoing errors (move function broken since ?September, search function broken since November, recently the Anonymous poster) are getting ridiculous. Brynne Holland

I just visited my Admin Page and 4 of my 5 Surname Boards are littered with Anonymous Poster posts. Many are long-time susbscribers to the lists and boards I admin...???? you are not alone Joan Asche {:-) If I've missed the explanation can someone give me the URL?   Paul Roth  

Well, no name no verification....cannot be reached to ask questions. No verification no deleation. He/she may not even be the original author, so no chance......it seems to me. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Tilman Brandl <arbit@gmx.at> To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BAd] (Non)Author wants thread to be deleted .. Hi, http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=5210&p=localities.ceeurope.austria.general is a smallish thread - now I got an objection + request to have the 1st message in the thread deleted. How do you handle this? How can I be sure he actually IS the author? The board only has "Anonymous" ... Thanks Tilman ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Checking on each post in the thread and clicking "View Posts" shows each post by a different name (even if it shows "anonymous") so it really is hard to tell! Weird! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" <arbit@gmx.at> To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:45:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [BAd] (Non)Author wants thread to be deleted .. Hi, http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=5210&p=localities.ceeurope.austria.general is a smallish thread - now I got an objection + request to have the 1st message in the thread deleted. How do you handle this? How can I be sure he actually IS the author? The board only has "Anonymous" ... Thanks Tilman ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Me either--you might want to refer the request to staff (via the HelpDesk) and note that you realize impersonation IS a reason for removal BUT that you can't tell if that is the case or the problem resulted from the "anonymous" bug. Joan In a message dated 3/13/2009 6:59:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, arbit@gmx.at writes: Hi, thanks for your ideas re. this objection. What I forgot to mention, the author (or not) asks for deletion claiming he didn't write this message !?? I can't think of any method that could verify that claim.

Hi, http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=5210&p=localities.ceeurope.austria.general is a smallish thread - now I got an objection + request to have the 1st message in the thread deleted. How do you handle this? How can I be sure he actually IS the author? The board only has "Anonymous" ... Thanks Tilman

Tilman, Just my own opinion, and certainly subject to other opinions from other folks, but if it appears to be a legitimate post then I would not remove it until such a time as the objection can be determined to come from the author of the post. If it is an objectionable or inappropriate post for whatever the reason, then I would remove it without regard to who asked me to do so. I'm not a big fan of not having names on posts, but that is the system we have to work with so there is not much we can do about it. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tilman Brandl Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:45 PM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: [BAd] (Non)Author wants thread to be deleted .. Hi, http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=5210&p=localities.ceeurope. austria.general is a smallish thread - now I got an objection + request to have the 1st message in the thread deleted. How do you handle this? How can I be sure he actually IS the author? The board only has "Anonymous" ... Thanks Tilman

Joan- I know I reported it to the HelpDesk and I believe several others have also. It should be a fixable problem--this happened once before. The poster info IS there -- just hiding on the boards unless you click to view posts--then you can see it. This bug cropped up once before and was fixed at that time. Joan In a message dated 3/13/2009 8:03:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jasche45133@gmail.com writes: Do you suppose this is something that needs to be reported? On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Brynne Holland <brynneholland@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm seeing pages and pages of Anonymous posters on my boards. > > Brynne >

Do you suppose this is something that needs to be reported? On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Brynne Holland <brynneholland@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm seeing pages and pages of Anonymous posters on my boards. > > Brynne > >

Joan, The post had NOT been made yet. It would be nice if a feature actually WORKED before they rolled it out. Brynne On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM, <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > Brynne- > > See the post on the Ancestry blog that explains they are having trouble > with > the Messaging system this morning and are working on a fix. Jay Fichialos > (Ancestry User Experience) has also posted on the Ancestry Site Comments > message board about the problem. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 3/12/2009 1:51:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > brynneholland@gmail.com writes: > > And this is what I got: > > "We're sorry. We weren't able to get your messages or message folders. > Please click the Messages link in the header, or try again later." > > I haven't been able to send a message to a board poster as it doesn't > recognize my username, logged in as admin, and wants me to subscribe. > > Great job, Anna! (sarcasm dripping) > > Brynne Holland > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'm seeing pages and pages of Anonymous posters on my boards. Brynne On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Joan Asche <jasche45133@gmail.com> wrote: > This morning I visited a thread that had no Anonymous posters only to > find that they are now marked Anonymous. When clicking on 'view > posts' I am directed to a page has a user name. Is this a bug or > something new? > > Joan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Diane- See: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOARDS-ADMINS/2009-03/1236864413 In a message dated 3/12/2009 5:02:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhettrick@earthlink.net writes: I never got the original announcement. Is it for Ancestry subscribers only? Diane Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net

This morning I visited a thread that had no Anonymous posters only to find that they are now marked Anonymous. When clicking on 'view posts' I am directed to a page has a user name. Is this a bug or something new? Joan

Hello everyone, Recently posted in Administrative News- (http://boards.rootsweb.com/adminnews/30/mb.ashx) We have received inquiries about optional duties for message board administrators. We would like to give out a reminder on these optional duties and inform administrators that optional duties are not required for anyone to be an administrator on a message board. Here is the list of optional duties: 1. Actively encourage use of the board by creating new on-topic posts or answering existing posts. 2. Assist and educate board members in more effective use of the boards. For example, you could send an e-mail to users notifying them when you move or delete their posts and letting them know why. 3. Edit the classification of each post if necessary. 4. Change surnames entered in the surname field to reflect only those surnames discussed in the post. 5. Review posts on the board for the time period prior to your adoption including: - Correcting classifications and surnames, and creating more descriptive subject lines. - Deleting Community Guidelines violations. - Moving incorrectly posted messages to the proper board. 6. Work with a Mailing List Administrator to gateway your board to a corresponding mailing list. 7. Customize your Board Information box with board-related links and information. 8. Adopt and review boards that do not have an administrator. The main point of controversy recently mentioned by administrators is in regard to #4. Many community members are attempting to help out board admins by submitting these fixes by using the Report Abuse feature. We appreciate the efforts of the community but want to make sure that fellow administrators are not subjecting other administrators to these lengthy lists of fixes. This is not a mandatory action - as such if you choose not to fulfill these requests we ask that you Reject the objections in your queue. Using the Report Abuse feature to report items that need to be "cleaned" up is not an appropriate use of the feature. This feature should be reserved for real reports of abuse. As staff when we receive hundreds of reports for surname fields that need to be fixed this makes it difficult to see actual reports of spam, commercial posts, etc that truly are instances of abuse on the boards. We give our thanks to all of you for giving so freely of your time. Those of you who have been able to fulfill not only the required duties but have gone on to fulfill the optional duties are truly going the second mile! We greatly appreciate the zeal and energy at which our current administrators are keeping the integrity of the community boards. To view required duties and additional information please visit the Message Board Administrator Information page at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/admin/admininfo.aspx Sincerely, RootsWeb Support Staff<http://www.ancestry.com/facts/staff-family-history.ashx>

Now Lou...unless you are up to 162 unmovable posts like I am you probably shouldn't complain. <g> I have close to 130 on USA General alone. the biggest part of the problem is that some of the misplaced posts have turned into lengthy threads by now and may remain unmovable. :( I'd guess that the developers who were spending their time working on the new messaging system are NOT the same developers who work on boards. Development teams work on specific areas. They are not all working on general programming issues. Joan In a message dated 3/12/2009 2:26:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LouMKing@aol.com writes: I wish they'd find a fix for all the messages that I have in the Objections queue waiting to be moved to other boards. It looks like they're installing new "bells & whistles" again but not fixing the existing problems. JMHO, Lou

In a message dated 3/12/2009 1:54:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: they are having trouble with the Messaging system this morning and are working on a fix. ---------------------------- I wish they'd find a fix for all the messages that I have in the Objections queue waiting to be moved to other boards. It looks like they're installing new "bells & whistles" again but not fixing the existing problems. JMHO, Lou

I never got the original announcement. Is it for Ancestry subscribers only? Diane Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net