Alistair20000
Very well known Exeweb poster
Lionel homes in on the unanswered question.So what actually happened then to delete the last year or so?
Will the missing posts be restored ?
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Lionel homes in on the unanswered question.So what actually happened then to delete the last year or so?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The reality is it isn't anyone's fault. Just the coming together of several things, that as a whole, made Exeweb an ex-Exeweb, or an Exe without the web, if you like.
These things happen and you put in your time to keep this site going which we all appreciate. Perhaps you should have 'fessed up earlier though Liam.It's looking unlikely I'm afraid. One learn from the exercise though - regular offsite backups are absolutely essential. And I should have known better. Complacency on my part.
From Monday/Tuesday (as soon as I can get it implemented) we will be backed up nightly, offsite, with every backup kept for 30 days. As well as this, members of the Exeweb team will be downloading the most recent backup at least once a week so as well as the backup being kept offsite (but still in 'the cloud'), we'll have local copies too. In the meantime I have been manually backing up daily.
It's far from ideal. And I'm very, very sorry. Doing everything I can to move things forward from where we are and ensure it can never happen again.
But what was there to 'fess up'? There was a data loss. It wasn't recoverable. That's been a consistent explanation ...... Perhaps you should have 'fessed up earlier though Liam.
No. It was suggested that the problems were circumstantial. See for example Spanky's post. Those explanations lacked credibility and Liam has now correctly acknowledged this.But what was there to 'fess up'? There was a data loss. It wasn't recoverable. That's been a consistent explanation ...
Pack it in AlNo. It was suggested that the problems were circumstantial. See for example Spanky's post. Those explanations lacked credibility and Liam has now correctly acknowledged this.
The attempted cover up is always worse than the initial error, as well as doomed to failure.