Frequent Outages

[Roller]

Yeah, I know. I'm just as frustrated as you. Paul is getting us back online just as soon as he learns that it's crashed again. But he has a number of boards to maintain, so he doesn't always get the word that we're crashed until it's been down for a few hours. He's given me a possible solution, but it has to wait until noladave gets back from his trip overseas (he's the "owner" of the site).

Thanks for the patience that has been shown in the past couple of weeks as we've experienced outages nearly every day.

[GretnaGrn]

Thank you for the update and keeping us posted.

[nolasilver]

Thanks. Maybe we could pin this ?

[JtS]

One issue is that yogwf.com, in this version (using phpBB), will have 20 years of posts on June 17th, 2024. We have not pruned since day one. Yes, all the good, the bad, and the ugly. YOGWF is HUGE.

Do we want to keep everything from day one? Or do we pick a point and prune it?

Remember, some of the Cowen battle and fundraising, Katrina, where many kept in contact through yogwf, CWS, and more, are all saved.

One opinion is to copy yogwf.com and make it a historical forum without posting. Then, start another regular yogwf forum and begin pruning back. Which begs the question: How far back to go? Start at the Willie years?

Pertinent discussion is welcome...

[GretnaGrn]

While the archive has value, I think functionality is the biggest key. I would defer to what the experts say as far as what is practical to move over; it might vary by forum rather than date if that's practical (do we really need the Lindsey Scott saga preserved from recruiting lol?).

[GretnaGrn]

JtS wrote:
> One issue is that yogwf.com, in this version (using phpBB), will have 20
> years of posts on June 17th, 2024. We have not pruned since day one. Yes,
> all the good, the bad, and the ugly. YOGWF is HUGE.
>
> Do we want to keep everything from day one? Or do we pick a point and prune
> it?
>
> Remember, some of the Cowen battle and fundraising, Katrina, where many
> kept in contact through yogwf, CWS, and more, are all saved.
>
> One opinion is to copy yogwf.com and make it a historical forum without
> posting. Then, start another regular yogwf forum and begin pruning back.
> Which begs the question: How far back to go? Start at the Willie years?
>
> Pertinent discussion is welcome...
Given the silence from the board, I would humbly suggest that maybe this topic should be moved to the main board; I have to think folks have opinions and just aren't seeing this.

[AO Sig]

One comment about the older posts is that this website had a ton of experiences posted related to the things that transpired before, during and after katrina. There is a treasure trove of posts that if someone wanted to compile and write about what happened from the perspective of those who directly lived through it, including photos, etc., they would have a very different experience (the downtown activities were certainly bad, but the stories about the uptown were equally poignant and provide a different viewpoint)

I would not want to lose them; if you know someone who is an author and would want to put something together and has ties to Tulane, you might pass such them on to them.