Ron N
Submitted: Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 09:40
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Banjo (WA)
Haven't seen any contributions by Ron N lately?
Reply By: axle - Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 16:33
Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 16:33
I was thinking the same thing in regard to Baz "The Landy"
Axle.
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Follow Up By: Bob Y. - Qld - Friday, Oct 09, 2020 at 14:17
Friday, Oct 09, 2020 at 14:17
Axle,
I was looking for some
blogs by Baz recently & they are all AWOL. It appears he is no longer a member. About the same time, spoke to another member who recently had contact with Baz so he must be travelling okay.
Bob
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:35
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:35
Also when you look at
places when previous members had added photos, their names are also removed......not good in my books, as they took the time to add then and shows what they think of previous members.
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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 15:19
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 15:19
"...and shows what they think of previous members."
Geez, that's a bit of a stretch, isn't it Stephen?
Why would "they" think any the less of a person who has simply decided to move on and not renew?
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:04
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:04
In now way is it a bit of a stretch.....100% reliable facts that can not be disputed.
Her is a perfect example where the original person has added the below image, and it will always say the person name or screen name at the bottom LHS
The moment that person is not longer associated with the site....name vanishes...

Here we go Frank....name removed....Why?
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:20
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:20
And Frank, if you thought that was just a once off, here is another example.
Places is one area I keep a very close eye on and Baz the Landy added a number of
Places images. Every photo that he added along with previous members that are no longer here, you will find no mention of there name.
Just because a person leaves the site, it should not be a reason to have their name removed.

Name removed again....
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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:51
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 18:51
Stephen,
No, it's not a once off. I never thought or said it was, and the loss of the name is not the issue I was discussing. Read my post again.
The issue is your implication that "they" (who could that be other than site owners?) are petulant over a member departing, which is what your "and shows what they think of previous members" seems to suggest. That is a most unfair imputation against the site owners and is what I was writing against.
If that is not what you were saying, then I think you need to clarify what you meant.
As for the process, it's just the way the automation in the EO system works. If a photo is linked to a member and the
membership expires, the credit, linked to the
membership, goes as
well.
It's the same in our club's
forum. If a
membership expires the members posts remain for all to see but the poster's name becomes a generic "Guest" because there is no longer a link between the post and a
membership.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 19:19
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 19:19
I thought you were referring to the photo wording.
The persons name should not be removed as it still should be credited to the person that took the time to add the image.
David is a very great guru with IT and nothing is impossible and it should be rectified
Like I said above, I find it very disappointing to see just By and then blank.
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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 22:30
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 22:30
I can see your logic.
If you haven't already done so, can I suggest you send a suggestion via the Moderator button at the bottom of the thread, or email - whatever you prefer.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Michael H9 - Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 07:46
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 07:46
The missing name is likely just the result of a database query. The name would be drawn from the
membership table, not stored with the photo. Once the person leaves the
membership table, the name can no longer be fetched so is displayed as blank.
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 08:47
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 08:47
Nothing is impossible with IT these days Michael and the person who added the image/images should still be on the photo.
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Follow Up By: Michael H9 - Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:00
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:00
The record in the images table would have the id of the member from the
membership table not the name. This helps to correctly identify the person and is better than storing a name which can be prone to spelling mistakes over multiple images. Members often change their screen name as
well. If the id is stored then you can easily gather all the images belonging to a particular member. It's standard database design practice.
Life is a lot nicer if you don't assume the worst intentions when it may not be the case. I agree that it would be better if the name was still showing, even if it is just an alias, and it is certainly possible to design the database to accommodate it.
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:14
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:14
There is a serious gremlin in the system. If you look at the last post by Allan, my screen name was change and not by me.....
All of a sudden, my private email was added as my screen name which is a major breach of security............
How can anyone explain this?
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Reply By: OzzieCruiser - Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 17:18
Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 17:18
Hi internet must be down.
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Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 20:01
Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 20:01
The ever colourful Bantam?
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 21:10
Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 at 21:10
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Frank, "The Bantam" suddenly disappeared a couple of years ago, in late 2017.
I do know his real name and we corresponded by email from time-to-time but suddenly he ceased posting on this
forum and my emails went unanswered. I have no other way to contact him so it was confounding.
I do hope that nothing awful happened to him.
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Reply By: Banjo (WA) - Friday, Oct 09, 2020 at 09:04
Friday, Oct 09, 2020 at 09:04
I see Ron N (NSW) replied yesterday in a query re tents.
The Ron N I was asking about is Ron N (WA)
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Follow Up By: Bazooka - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:28
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:28
Maybe he went east and can't get back Banjo? Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Follow Up By: Banjo (WA) - Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 14:06
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 at 14:06
With a screen name like yours I can't resist
- Boom Boom!
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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:25
Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:25
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Now here's an interesting one Stephen........
In the "Thank You" or "Thumbs-up" boxes, your name is now showing up as "langman@bigpond.net.au' rather than your Member name of "Stephen L (
Clare SA)" as it previously did. Are you no longer a Member or are the Gremlins at work?
Incidentally, the EO server is running awfully slow!
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Follow Up By: langman@bigpond.net.au - Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:31
Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:31
I have not changed anything Allan, so good old gremlins
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:38
Monday, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:38
The plot thickens Allan.........
I have not done a thing, but when I just looked at my Account details....something that I never ever go into, where it shows your Alias/Screenname* my user name has been removed and replaced with my private email??????????
That now warrants a please explain in my books, so wonder if it has ever happened to anyone else or just Murphy's Luck and only me?
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - peter_mcc - Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 23:09
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 at 23:09
It's also interesting that one reply shows up as your email address and one as your user name. If it was drawing this dynamically from the database I would assume they would be the same. Both posts have the same signature.
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