Hapori Tohu Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Later today we will be taking the forums offline to complete some upgrades to the underlying software. They should be back up by sometime this evening. As always, we appreciate your patience and understanding.View the full article Quote News Forums Q&A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Will these be upgrades we notice or will it be more BTS work? Quote Signature Guidelines: Avatar and signature total file size may not exceed 250 KB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Six Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 This is mainly bug fixes and security patches. I don't believe there will be any new features. Quote Bio of a BZP Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 [ insert conspiracy theory here ] Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Lycaon Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) When I hover my mouse over a user, the little window thing pops up. I'm noticing a grey box with '0' in it. I don't think this was there before. Does it have something to do with the update? It is also showing up in the corner of everyone's posts. Edited June 15, 2013 by Canis Lupus Quote I used to have a banner here. But that RPG is dead. What now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) By the way, is it just me or does each page now read (OFFLINE) BZPower Forums or some variant thereof?When I hover my mouse over a user, the little window thing pops up. I'm noticing a grey box with '0' in it. I don't think this was there before. Does it have something to do with the update?It is also showing up in the corner of everyone's posts. I'd guess it probably is "reputation", since a tab with that name just appeared in everyone's profile. Edited June 15, 2013 by Chro Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Hohenheim Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I get that title too. Quote Previously known as Aiwendil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Six Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 The reputation thing was accidentally turned on. It's been disabled again.Anyway, the upgrade is complete! Everything went pretty smoothly, and I haven't seen any issues, but I'm sure you guys have keener eyes than me. If you see something, please open a ticket in the Tracker.Thanks everyone! Quote Bio of a BZP Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I actually think the Reputation feature could be a useful thing to have. Proto only shows what the staff have given, but reputation would allow users to show how other users are helpful and such. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I actually think the Reputation feature could be a useful thing to have. Proto only shows what the staff have given, but reputation would allow users to show how other users are helpful and such.It would also be even more likely to turn into a popularity contest. Proto is a more reliable measure of helpfulness, since we can generally trust the staff not to conspire off-site to raise each other's score, or worse, lower that of a member they just dislike. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Six Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I actually think the Reputation feature could be a useful thing to have. Proto only shows what the staff have given, but reputation would allow users to show how other users are helpful and such.We have had internal discussions about using the feature and feel it would likely become a popularity contest instead of a true indication of member's conduct. Quote Bio of a BZP Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I actually think the Reputation feature could be a useful thing to have. Proto only shows what the staff have given, but reputation would allow users to show how other users are helpful and such.We have had internal discussions about using the feature and feel it would likely become a popularity contest instead of a true indication of member's conduct. Yeah, I knew that would be the reason you didn't have it. Sadly people can't just use features honestly. I think it would be nice if there was a way to have something similar, but also to be used responsibly by the members... Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
>_< Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Yeah, I knew that would be the reason you didn't have it. Sadly people can't just use features honestly. I think it would be nice if there was a way to have something similar, but also to be used responsibly by the members...A possibility would be a "Respected Reputation Givers"-team, that's not necessarily Staff but is known to possess a proper sense of justice and the ability to evaluate proper quality, as well as the responsibility to not abuse the power granted to them.Then again, that'd be a whole lot of work for a simple feature, and most, if not all, the qualities such a group should have should be present within Staff anyway.So basically, seems like a whole lot of effort and complications for a rather small addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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