Fu Lai Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) VISA General Visa Discussion & First Steps 11,166 topics 109,896 replies Consulate Process: P-3 ~ Interview 1,783 topics 21,447 replies Interview Results 974 topics 16,303 replies AOS & Immigration Challenges 3,682 topics 27,293 replies Citizenship Process 186 topics 1,498 replies17,791 Topics176,437 RepliesLIFE TOGETHER & APARTCommunications, Planes & Shipping 687 topics 7,033 replies Chinese Language Forum 194 topics 1,416 repliesThe Middle Kingdom - ?? 1,460 topics 20,826 replies Culture & Language Discussion 1,960 topics 33,310 replies Stateside 521 topics 5,621 replies4,822 Topics68,206 RepliesMEMBERS ONLYOur Stories 2,142 topics 47,236 replies Polls & Surveys 790 topics 18,892 replies Contact List 85 topics 3,804 replies Twisted Candle 4,496 topics 90,228 replies7,513 Topics160,160 Replies-----------------VISA17,791 Topics176,437 RepliesMEMBERS ONLY7,513 Topics160,160 RepliesLIFE TOGETHER & APART4,822 Topics68,206 Replies -------------- Pretty straightforward. By far people here talk Visa, then sidechat with members and life together after visa Edited February 23, 2013 by Fu Lai (see edit history) Link to comment
Yuanyang Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 are there posting expectations you are looking for? Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 -------------- Pretty straightforward. By far people here talk Visa, then sidechat with members and life together after visa But most of all, what the 'stats' tell you is that VISA topics are far less likely to be deleted during a database purge Link to comment
Fu Lai Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 -------------- Pretty straightforward. By far people here talk Visa, then sidechat with members and life together after visa But most of all, what the 'stats' tell you is that VISA topics are far less likely to be deleted during a database purge That is disappointing. A database purge is like amputation or erasing history to a messageboard / database guy. Link to comment
warpedbored Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 The only data base purge I know of is when The Don left he deleted all of his posts. I didn't agree with that but he owned the site, I could hardly tell him no. Now I am the trustee of this site and I will do no such thing. When I hand it off I will secure the promise of my successors that they will do no such thing. Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 -------------- Pretty straightforward. By far people here talk Visa, then sidechat with members and life together after visa But most of all, what the 'stats' tell you is that VISA topics are far less likely to be deleted during a database purge That is disappointing. A database purge is like amputation or erasing history to a messageboard / database guy. We're on an "unlimited" plan - unlimited disk space, and unlimited bandwidth. The 'gotcha' is that if your CPU usage goes over 25% for 90 seconds or more, they will shut down your database. In watching this morning, it looks like Bing was eating up more than 50% of the CPU time for around 10 seconds with maybe 9 or 10 sessions active at once. Hopefully, we can put a cap on that. Search engines are good for bringing traffic to the site but if that's what's causing us to go over our quota, we definitely need to stop it. Link to comment
tsap seui Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Are we losing posts? Someone purging us? tsap seui Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Are we losing posts? Someone purging us? tsap seui no - I'm thinking it was partly done (one time) in the belief that a smaller database would alleviate the CPU load. Link to comment
tsap seui Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Some guys will take that purge to their graves. tsap seui Link to comment
Mick Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Are we losing posts? Someone purging us? tsap seui no - I'm thinking it was partly done (one time) in the belief that a smaller database would alleviate the CPU load.I think maybe that's when my pink thingies disappeared. 1 Link to comment
dnoblett Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Nothing has been purged other than the Don's exit. Still have posts going back to the beginning. I think the main reason the visa forum has the most is probably in the early days there were no AOS, Consulate, Interview result, and Citizenship forums, they probably were added later, so the one forum had posts about all stages of immigration. 1 Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Nothing has been purged other than the Don's exit. Still have posts going back to the beginning. I think the main reason the visa forum has the most is probably in the early days there were no AOS, Consulate, Interview result, and Citizenship forums, they probably were added later, so the one forum had posts about all stages of immigration. Sorry but I find these things interesting. I ran some SQL commands and found the oldest topic still available is # 7. PJ's 'Welcome' thread, which I had found at one point, is no longer in the database. Most of the earliest threads are gone, as are some more recent. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php/topic/7-call-to-dos/ Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 These are the oldest threads still around. From the AdminCP, I ran "select * from ibf_topics where tid < 40 ;" and got these topics # 7 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/7-call-to-dos/ # 11 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/11-thanks-for-001-chinese-forum-link/ # 12 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/12-help-with-site/ # 14 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/14-happenings-in-china/ # 17 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/17-chinese-characters-accurate/ # 29 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/29-announcement-polls-and-surveys/ # 32 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/32-please-be-sure-your-bookmarks-are-up-to-date/ # 34 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/34-anyone-from-guangzhou/ # 35 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/35-anyone-in-changsha/ # 37 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/37-sad-thanksgiving-day/ # 38 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/38-anyone-from-shenyang/ Link to comment
NUWORLD Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 IMO: The first post in this thread is pointless.Who cares about the stats.Were family here. If that was deleted or this was deleted then or now.does not matter. The rest should be posted in the Mod forum.Database purge, SQL Queries, and what not should not be public questions. Just IMO. Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 IMO: The first post in this thread is pointless.Who cares about the stats.Were family here. If that was deleted or this was deleted then or now.does not matter. The rest should be posted in the Mod forum.Database purge, SQL Queries, and what not should not be public questions. Just IMO. They had been moved to the Mod forum after (and along with) your first post - the ones left may or may not be of interest. Link to comment
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