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Missing Members

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by EKB, Jul 3, 2026.

  1. EKB

    EKB Well-Known Member

    Can anyone say what happened to Diane (dbf) and Jim Herriot?
     
    EKB, Jul 3, 2026
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  2. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    EKB,

    Diane left her role as a Moderator, due to the Online Safety Act and is shown as not having logged in now a long time. I had no response to a PM when one of her threads reappeared.

    Jim told us he was ill in a post earlier this year and the chemo treatment was hard. He has not logged in for at least three months. Others have tried to contact via PM with no response. All wish him well.
     
    davidbfpo, Jul 3, 2026
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  3. JohnG505

    JohnG505 Getting there...... Patron

    Absolutely David. When I became a regular poster on here, both Diane and Jim were extremely helpful and most welcoming.

    Be lovely to see them both back on here, at some point, in the future.

    Best.
    John.
     
    JohnG505, Jul 3, 2026
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  4. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    I will happily second that sentiment John....both are missed on here.
     
    bamboo43, Jul 3, 2026
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  5. Wobbler

    Wobbler Patron Patron

    Posted in error, sorry.
     
    Wobbler, Jul 3, 2026
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  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    D's off being a granny. ("HA! You OLD!" etc., in case she reads this.)

    I've tried to raise Jim via a few means. No joy.



    Seriously:
    People come.
    People go.
    People die.
    I cannot over-state how 'libertarian' I am on this.
    We are an Internet forum/Pixels on a screen.
    Twenty plus years here, and the membership is almost 100% changed since 2004.
    The 'archive' & discussion rolls on.
    I am privy to some moderate level of who/what/why people disappear, but it's mostly glimpses.
    I like to think whatever people's reasons, or even if the Reaper's popped in, that the main thing is they're happy to leave their chat & info lying about here.

    If anyone wants to inform us chaps that they've karked it - leave instructions with your loved ones.
    I mean... When we had access to Google's stats, the average age here was 55-65.
    So... Y'know.
    Cough.
     
    von Poop, Jul 3, 2026
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  7. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    Just been using the search function to look for one of Diane’s Guards posts.

    Forum search box didn’t recognise member dbf or simply dbf? Only found member dbhay?

    Is it a glitch at my end or something else?

    Steve
     
    Tullybrone, Jul 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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  8. Wobbler

    Wobbler Patron Patron

    Doesn’t bring her up in the search box, same for me, but if you just type dbf yourself in that posted by member field, it should be ok.

    IMG_9457.png

    I just got this, for example:

    https://ww2talk.com/index.php?search/178720103/&q=Guards&o=relevance&c[user][0]=6364
     
    Last edited: Jul 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
    Wobbler, Jul 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    No idea.
    I'll re-run the member database thingy, but search has been useless for years.
     
    von Poop, Jul 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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  10. Aixman

    Aixman War Establishment addict Patron

    Aixman, Jul 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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  11. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    It’s this search box that isn’t working for me….if I put dbf in “posted by member box” it doesn’t recognise the name?
     

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    Tullybrone, Jul 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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  12. Aixman

    Aixman War Establishment addict Patron

    Try this way:
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    Aixman, Jul 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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  13. Wobbler

    Wobbler Patron Patron

    Bummer, Steve. I don’t get that little member name tab that usually pops up to click on either, but I just type dbf in that box anyway, hit search and I get the results list.
     
    Wobbler, Jul 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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  14. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Think I've sussed it.

    Seems that after not logging in for a long while members names stop appearing on the pop-up/autocomplete in search.
    Tested with a few I've known to be dead for years and it's the same.

    They're still indexed - if you just put the username in that field it brings up all posts.

    Will rebuild search cache anyway, as member cache didn't change it.
    Don't think it'll work, though, as it's apparently behaving normally.
    Will maybe have a look at settings, but I believe it's the software stopping cached data from becoming too large.
     
    von Poop, Jul 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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  15. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Thanks for the explanation VP.

    Steve
     
    Tullybrone, Jul 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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