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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 16:35:11 GMT
Website Update - Search page has been updated for improved search results and expanded content.
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ljwilson
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Post by ljwilson on Oct 9, 2017 18:35:04 GMT
Website Update - Search page has been updated for improved search results and expanded content. I rate it mate, my go-to site before I spend my money. Keep up the good work
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 13:02:17 GMT
Latest Update:
Bafflegab Productions, Baker's End series has been added.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 18:24:33 GMT
Latest Update:
Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 13:53:31 GMT
I just wanted take a minute to voice an opinion I have about story ratings.
I have no problem with people giving stories a "10" rating without providing a review because it doesn't harm the content creator. But when I see someone giving only "1" and "10" ratings, that bothers me. These story reviews aren't like rating Amazon or eBay purchases where the seller is either a scammer or a legitimate retailer. The creators of the content on the website are well known. They produce quality content and yes there are occasions where the content hasn't been up to par with previously released content. If a creator's content was consistently bad, they wouldn't even be on the website in the first place. When half of your ratings are a "1" without a review to explain why you absolutely hated the story, it just comes across as a malicious attack on the content creator.
A message has been added above the rating submission form encouraging raters to please provide a review if you are giving a rating of 3 or less. While a review is not required, the recent ratings listings will not show a "1" or "2" rating unless you have a review to accompany the rating. The low ratings are still part of the average calculation with or without a review.
All feedback on this is welcome as usual.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 12:27:16 GMT
Not sure how many people read this but the website has been deactivated. After fixing a rating submission bug the website was bombarded with people and couldn't handle the load. A further announcement will be made later when I have time to address the issue. Until then the website will be offline.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 1:02:13 GMT
I regret to report The **** ****** website has suffered a major disaster. The server data has become corrupted (website and database). All the data was backed up and is intact prior to December 3. However it will take time to setup a new server and get back up and running.
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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 7, 2017 11:14:03 GMT
I regret to report The **** ****** website has suffered a major disaster. The server data has become corrupted (website and database). All the data was backed up and is intact prior to December 3. However it will take time to setup a new server and get back up and running. Bugger. Hope you manage to get it sorted quickly. Cheers Tony
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 7, 2017 11:45:55 GMT
I regret to report The **** ****** website has suffered a major disaster. The server data has become corrupted (website and database). All the data was backed up and is intact prior to December 3. However it will take time to setup a new server and get back up and running. That's a huge shame. Hope you get it back up and running.
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Post by ollychops on Dec 7, 2017 21:06:07 GMT
Sorry to hear about this. At least it was backed up recently though, so hopefully not too much loss. Hope it gets up and running again soon.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 0:13:54 GMT
And We're Back!
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Post by vdcni on Feb 7, 2018 16:48:43 GMT
I just wanted take a minute to voice an opinion I have about story ratings. I have no problem with people giving stories a "10" rating without providing a review because it doesn't harm the content creator. But when I see someone giving only "1" and "10" ratings, that bothers me. These story reviews aren't like rating Amazon or eBay purchases where the seller is either a scammer or a legitimate retailer. The creators of the content on the website are well known. They produce quality content and yes there are occasions where the content hasn't been up to par with previously released content. If a creator's content was consistently bad, they wouldn't even be on the website in the first place. When half of your ratings are a "1" without a review to explain why you absolutely hated the story, it just comes across as a malicious attack on the content creator. A message has been added above the rating submission form encouraging raters to please provide a review if you are giving a rating of 3 or less. While a review is not required, the recent ratings listings will not show a "1" or "2" rating unless you have a review to accompany the rating. The low ratings are still part of the average calculation with or without a review. All feedback on this is welcome as usual. Hi I don't see any update on this but I'd just like to point out despite what you've said, votes of 1 & 2 aren't part of the average calculation without a review. I just checked on Return To Telos which I had previously rated as 1 with no review. The average was 6 for the story and that was an average based on visible scores only. As soon as I had added a review my 1 kicked back in and brought the average down to 5.8. To be honest while I can see the point of removing people who have only ever marked 1 & 10's or making it so that from now on you have to have a review with a low mark but removing all the 1's & 2's, many of which were added in good faith doesn't seem fair.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 17:53:48 GMT
Since that post was made three months ago, reviews have become mandatory for ratings below 4. I haven't been posting to this website much since then. With less and less free time to moderate the website I felt this was a better alternative to making all reviews mandatory for each rating submission. New account creations have also been disabled for the past couple months because I don't have the time to manually review each account that is created.
It has become increasingly difficult to manage the website on my own. Work has started on the next version of the website to make it even easier to find specific stories, ranges, characters and story arcs. Because of the increased output from Big Finish with all of the box sets that get released each month, work has been diverted towards making story management easier on the back end. Unfortunately work and life have limited me to only a couple of hours each week to add new stories and work on updates. On top of that the website didn't make the donation goal during the renewal period last year so there is also a financial drain.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 12:50:43 GMT
The automated password reset emails and the account page password reset should now be working.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 10:04:27 GMT
July 4, 2018 will be the 8th anniversary of The **** ****** website. I have made the difficult decision that July 4 will also be the day it comes to an end. An official announcement will be made on the website this weekend.
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Not actually a member of a Big Finish Creative Team but I've worked for them off and on since 2002.
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Post by izp1 on May 9, 2018 13:53:07 GMT
Sorry to see it go. It's been an excellent and useful resource. Wishing you the very best with all future endeavours.
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Jun 6, 2018 16:42:53 GMT
July 4, 2018 will be the 8th anniversary of The **** ****** website. I have made the difficult decision that July 4 will also be the day it comes to an end. An official announcement will be made on the website this weekend. Imperialheathen...i salute you, i love the********** and will be very sad to see it close. I dont know how to update websites* but if you ever resurrect it and need some help then drop me a note. * for a man of my undoubted abilities (!) it wont be that hard to pick up. http://www.savethe**********.com should be launched. How about a crowd fund** to keep it ticking over until you can assemble a crew to keep it up to date? **no idea how to do that either.
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Post by mbt66 on Jun 6, 2018 20:02:49 GMT
Yes very sad to see it go. It is a shame that Big Finish themselves couldn’t help promote it as I find it invaluable to gauge the popularity of new releases much more than review sites.
Perhaps I’ve answered my own question.
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Stan
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Post by Stan on Jun 6, 2018 21:20:49 GMT
You have done an excellent job with your website. I find it invaluable.
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Post by Star Platinum on Jun 7, 2018 3:44:52 GMT
I'm hugely disappointed to hear this!
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