Member Deletions...

[ShadoeWolfe]

Need to do some house cleaning around here after a couple of years. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

If you have registered for membership with the board and have never posted a message - I need to ask why? I honestly am curious because you don't need to be a member to read the board, only to post.

In another preparation for the upgrade to the new version of the messageboard software, I will be removing memberships of those people that have zero posts and are more than 6 months past when they registered. This will be done on the first of March or so, giving people a week or so to get a post in, or e-mail me as to why they haven't posted.

I know that some members might have forgotten their password, so can't post, or just registered thinking you had to in order to read the board. This will fix both those problems. Forgotten password people can reregister and write down their new password and the readers won't be out anything since they aren't posting anyway. They'll still be able to read all the posts on the board http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Please understand this isn't being done to punish anyone for not posting, I just want to clean up the member files and free up name possibilities for new members if old ones aren't going to ever post.

So to sum up: If you registered before September 2000, and have not posted a single message on the Board, your member profile will be removed from the Board unless you e-mail me as to why you haven't posted or been able to post. Again, please understand - you need not be a member to read the board, only to post messages.
And if you ever see a post while reading that you feel the need to respond to and you're not a member - it only takes a few seconds to register and a day or so for me to approve the registration - so you'll get that chance to respond.

Hope this doesn't upset anyone - but if it does, let me know here and offer suggestions as to what else to do. Again - this is just being done to keep the board clean and efficient. Thanks for your cooperation everyone! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Lady Elizabeth]

Hi ShadoeWolf,
I'm posting now just in case I am near the time limit. I have no idea when I posted my last message. In fact, I haven't had a chance to get on this site much with Ebay going strong(until the end of March) and tax season(I prepare taxes on the side). Hell, I don't even have time to read a book right now. Anyway, my posting is in and I am here to stay, even if it is sporadic.

[ShadoeWolfe]

Hey, no problem Lady E. You weren't in any danger anyway, but thanks for popping in to say hey! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Only those who have posted nothing - zero posts - yes - zip, zero, zilch - will be deleted. if you haven't posted in a while, but HAVE posted, then you're fine.

[ShadoeWolfe]

My schedule is going to be a bit busy this week, so i wanted to let everyone know that today sometime, the zero-post members will vanish.

Again, if you wish to post in the future and yours is one of the accounts that disappears, you need only reregister and you can post away! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Thanks all...

[DARK FANG FERENCZY]

just a suggestion.to add a little curiosity to this site for people who are non members and just surf the web and for the privacy for members....a secluded little dungeon on this page where members can post topics and talk with knowing that the "normals"cant read it.kinda of like your forum board.and if you dont know i could(with your permission)discuss this as a topic to the others to see what they think and to get some feedback for you.thanks.D.F.F-LORD OF DARKNESS

[ShadoeWolfe]

DFF,

This board and it's discussions will never be closed for reading for 'non-members.' The idea of the MessageBoard is a knowledge base for all things Lumley - member or not. If you want to join the discussion, then you register, but if you want to just read, you just read.

So, sorry - but no dice. There is no need to add curiousity to the site and the members shouldn't need privacy with what they post. The only posts that go on here are things dealing with Brian Lumley. If you want to discuss other things, go somewhere else. That has been our policy for awhile and many members here do have other boards they chat at for day to day type stuff.

The forums on here that ARE private are private for a reason. They don't concern the other members of the board or site, only the people that run it. It allows the moderators and administrators a convenient place to talk about things related to the site and board - sort of like the mail clerk doesn't need to know what the CEO talked about with his top V.P. - it just doesn't concern him. But the regular discussions on this site do concern members AND non-members alike.

Long answewr, but I wanted to be clear.

[DARK FANG FERENCZY]

Shadoewolf,My deepest apoligies,for I have already posted this as a topic in the general board before I read this.Please forgive me and I will take it off if you wish.The last thing I would want to do is piss off the MASTER or his chosen.I envied you when I saw you with the MASTER in the photos.No,Im not a crazy stalker but a hardcore fan.(maybe one of your best?)Im am sorry for any inconveince I have caused you.I completely understand.Sorry.