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by shanghai sam

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What is up with all of the posts that have the user deleted.

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by shanghai sam

I suspect that it may be associated with some sort of script problems. I know that, in some instances, I often got 'User Deleted' entries when I was signed in. This may be the result of a fix of that problem.

Or it may be a different problem completely.

by shanghai sam

A possible clue. I just logged out of TechRepublic and logged back in. Then I went to this discussion.

It appears that my 'Current Alias' is blank.

On the other hand, I can get to my TechPoints and Discussions.

by shanghai sam

Has anybody notifed the site yet? I try but all I get is a proxy error 400.

Yours truly,

User Deleted

by shanghai sam

I sent an e-mail to Bob Artner mentioning the problem and suggesting that it become a 'Tech Rule'. Say one that implies that even the most tech heavy site can have tech problems.

by shanghai sam

Looking back on the replies I notice that we are all UserDeleted.

Man and I was just startin to get some points.

by shanghai sam

There should be a community support forum, or some page where TR can update us about problems like this. We should know that they know it's a problem and what they are doing to fix it.

by shanghai sam

I would think Techrepubic would be the first ones to put it out in the open and look for answer from its readers, over a million? I honestly thought I would see something by this point? They should know their readers all understand problems and would be even more loyal if they would share things with us!

by shanghai sam

I really would like this junk fixed... some offical word from TR would be nice too. I have sent them an email, asking them why it shows up as "user deleted" but I am not sure they can reply to it... becuase it doesnt give them our emails? Maybe everything shows up as comming from one user?

My alias shows up as a blank although currently it is "Kloran".

If TR sees this, my email is thrawn34@hotmail.com

I am sure we all would like some word of this.

by shanghai sam

Yes please we want to be notified when this will be solved
It is strange to see all under one account and under one alias, maybe this problem forced us to pay attention to something that we know and share, but when all the world will pay the same attention to the hot regions where we still have to fight against poorness, WAR...etc.
B. Regards
taiseermustafa@yahoo.com

by vertex

So what's wrong with USER DELETED? It's been
rectified but do we get to know the fault?

by glanz

Oh well, at least "user deleted" doesn't apply to the particular user's status. That would be "deleted user." That would rather be liked being 86ed fron a bar for drinking coffee instead of beer (that really happened to me once). Frankly it hurts the old ego a bit, after going through all that trouble to sign up to the site in good faith, even being honest about the personal information and all, to be referred to as "user deleted." "User deleted" sounds like a club of divorced men. In fact we should only post on the "user deleted" board until they fix the problem. With my luck, after posting this, my name will appear in the header.

by john connell

The "User Deleted" problem was an unexpected result of some code released during our weekly update to the Website. Our Customer Service and Web Development teams quickly resolved the issue and the code was replaced.

All apologies to those of youthat were affected. The problem was temporary and it should not occur again. Also, I'd like to thank those of you who alerted us about the problem.

-John Connell
TechRepublic

by epepke

Thanks for the info.

I had noticed that User Deleted sometimes occurred even before that when I took some time to think about a message before submitting it. I suspected that something like a cookie was expiring between the time I started typingthe message and the time I pressed the Submit button. Was this realted to that mechanism?

by generalist

I also thank you for the info.

I'm also wondering the same thing about the 'User Deleted' that appears when I think about my replies.

This is one of the reasons I tend to double post something. If it were fixed, or manageable via some sort ofaccount based 'cookie delete delay' technique, I suspect that double postings would decrease.

by john connell

We are aware of the situation that you all mention. I'm told that it's not a matter in which a cookie expires. Rather, the system itself expires after a delay.

A solution is in the works to alleviate this issue. If no problems arise it should roll out later this week.

-John Connell
TechRepublic

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