TWCT/TWCC Forums Merge set on schedule for April 4th

[jtmal0723]

From every angle I am seeing, and with Martin and Matt's approvals and concerns taken care of, we are ON SCHEDULE to start the user merge on Sunday, April 4th. Here is a breakdown of what will happen, basically, from my end:

- There are 540-some users to merge in to the current SMF board.
- All users will have to be merged in one by one manually.
- All TWCC users that are merged in will have a "TWCC_" prefixed to their current username.
- The merge shouldn't take more than a day or two, but could take up to a full week.
- The forums will be LOCKED and inaccessible during this merge. They could be down for a few days, but could take up to a full week. I will not unlock the forums mid-merge. It causes too many problems and possible member number collisions.

As I have stated before, If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Yes, the "chat" that we all know and love (lol) will be alive during this merge. The link is accessible here, if you would like to add this URL to your bookmarks. I hope that everyone is ready, and I hope you all understand why the forums will be inaccessible for this merge.

Once again, if you all have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, insults, etc, feel free to post them here, or contact any member of Administration or myself personally.

Happy foruming!

[Mike M]

Thank you for the notice.

[jtmal0723]

Thank you for the notice.

No problem

[twcclassics]

I'll be sure to send Martin a final database dump on the 3rd, after I do a final "spring cleaning" of inactive members. That way new members since the last dump won't miss out.

[Localonthe8s]

I'll be sure to send Martin a final database dump on the 3rd, after I do a final "spring cleaning" of inactive members. That way new members since the last dump won't miss out.

Maybe TWCT could do that as well to the inactive members?

[jtmal0723]

*makes note* I'll be sure to bring it up with Martin when I see him around tonight hopefully.

[TWCToday]

I'll be sure to send Martin a final database dump on the 3rd, after I do a final "spring cleaning" of inactive members. That way new members since the last dump won't miss out.

Maybe TWCT could do that as well to the inactive members?

I've thought about it and I will look to see how many members that effects.


When we complete the merge I will create a topic so TWCC_ accounts (if they already have a TWCT account) can inform me if the want to remove the accounts. I may be able to manually update their post count on an individual basis from the old TWCC forums. I want to also let everyone know I wont be around much that week as I will be in Europe. Some changes to the forum layout/design will be made both before and after the merge. This wont all be a one or two day process

[curtjr4]

So, will the STAR team be hanging out here, too? Do they know about the merge and they agree to start comming here or something? (Wow that was alot in two sentances )

[phw115wvwx]

So, will the STAR team be hanging out here, too? Do they know about the merge and they agree to start comming here or something? (Wow that was alot in two sentances )

They know about the merge, and everything is being worked out according to Tyler.

[WeatherWitness]

Thank you for the notice, Jesse. I'll miss the forums, but the final result should be worth the wait!

I am kind of confused, though, of what to do with my TWCC account. Can I request to have it deleted, or can it be merged with my TWCT account. I didn't quite understand Martin's post.

Once again, Martin, Jesse, and anyone else, thanks for all of your hard work in making this happen. I know this will probably be a very tedious task, but I hope the final outcome is something everyone can enjoy.

[Mike M]

I'm not for deleting accounts here. They may make a comeback here, you never know. I'm sure we're fine with database space too anyway.

[TWCToday]

Thank you for the notice, Jesse. I'll miss the forums, but the final result should be worth the wait!

I am kind of confused, though, of what to do with my TWCC account. Can I request to have it deleted, or can it be merged with my TWCT account. I didn't quite understand Martin's post.

Once again, Martin, Jesse, and anyone else, thanks for all of your hard work in making this happen. I know this will probably be a very tedious task, but I hope the final outcome is something everyone can enjoy.

Example: You have a TWCC account with 500 posts and a TWCT account with 1600 posts. I will just add your posts counts up and you can pick the account you want. Then we will delete the duplicate. This will only take place upon user requests. Accounts from TWCC will likely not have post counts transferred so I will need to refer to the TWCC archived forum for verification.

[WeatherWitness]

Gotcha. I would probably like to transfer all the TWCC stuff here and keep this account, but I'll wait until after the merge to request this since it obviously can't be done right now. Thanks.

[jtmal0723]

Remember, posts themselves aren't being transferred over. Only the members and post counts are. The archive version of twcc will have all the posts for viewing purposes and reference.

[jtmal0723]

Using inspiration from Andy, Here's a mockup of a possible logo... I would like to know everyone's thoughts and suggestions for changes...