[MLB-WIRELESS] Re[2]: Node DB Update

[rick]

they are ither intrested or not, after a year of being inactive they can
spend 5 minutes to enter the data, becouse thats alot of people getting
there hopes up, 5 people with LOS to me dont even live at thous addresses
anymore

rik
----- Original Message -----
From: "evilbunny" <evilbunny at sydneywireless.com>
To: "John Dalton" <john.dalton at bigfoot.com>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Re[2]: Node DB Update


> Hello John,
>
> The only problem is where do you draw the line, I mean after 2 or 3
> years we could have a substantial amount of inactive nodes with the
> persons having no intention of coming back... "seemed like a good idea
> at the time(tm)"
>
> The option for the owner to remove themselves has always been in
> place...
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  evilbunny                            mailto:evilbunny at sydneywireless.com
>
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>
> Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 3:52:10 PM, you wrote:
>
> JD> evilbunny at nodedb.com wrote:
> >> There was an in depth discussion all day yesterday on the melb
> >> wireless mailing about inactive or non-responsive nodes in node db's,
> >> and basically the conclusion most are drawing is the following...
> >> which has now been implemented...
> JD> ...
> >> email me or post a comment if you have other ideas/suggestions on how
> >> this could/should be carried out...
>
> JD> I would suggest that expired nodes NOT be removed from
> JD> the database.  Instead, they should be flagged as expired
> JD> and not shown by default.  This allows someone to reactivate
> JD> their expired node, without having to reenter all information.
> JD> It also allows someone looking to connect to search through
> JD> expired nodes as a last resort. Displaying expired nodes should
> JD> be an option.  Of course a node owner should be able to explictly
> JD> delete their node from the database.
>
> JD> John
>
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