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Gai you could edit the heading to reflect it being sorted :-)

Great idea TF,

i looked for a green tick but realised you can't put one on the suggestion board,

Putting in an ignore button might be a large programming change and I'm not sure whether GR will see it as a priority.

Hi Gai

What do you think about asking Phil to close this thread as this is now completed and nudge up your ignore button thread as a work in progress?

So now I need to work on getting my ignore button for all the dodgy record matches that GR say I have on my tree and I'll be very happy.

Glad to see that Phil is around and things are happening.

Great to see this has been corrected.


Thank you Phil!



sylvia

I hadn't even noticed til I saw TF's post.

Actually Gai things are getting sorted out in several ways -- see the post pinned at the top of Genealogy Chat now for an example. Check a couple of threads here and you'll see that staffer Phil is listening!

Finally, Gr saw the light. Can't believe it but thankfully that's one suggestion they have taken notice of.

Now we wait to see what happens to the rest of the Suggestions that have been posted.

Thank you GR and thanks to everyone who supported my thread.

Gai

Thank you for sorting this out

Sigh.

I assume that was intended to deal with people who regularly posted distasteful things on the chat boards or elsewhere and then deleted them; apparently no matter how many review requests had been made, once the posts were deleted they were no longer available for review ...

Actually I was just in contact with the culprit that you refer to, JC. After I suggested on the genealogy chat board that she should do the honourable thing and delete all of her threads about this individual she pm'd me that she has tried to do so but evidently the ones that have been reported for review can't be deleted. Now isn't that a fine kettle of fish? They'll stay there for all to see until GR decides in their wisdom what's to be done.

There is a thread on liv-rel right now -- actually two, duplicates -- that was reported for review quite some time ago, even before I saw them.

The full name and exact birthdate of the individual in question (not the poster) is sitting there in the first line of each post, visible in the board list and ALREADY INDEXED BY AND FOUND BY GOOGLE.

... Oh, pardon me, that one that google found me, on a search for the name and birthdate, is actually one of a set of four on Genealogy Chat, also reported for review ...

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1269229




There is a flood of new users, plainly drawn in by publicity, being given NO GUIDANCE on the use of the boards and DISRUPTING this "community".


The "community" is sick to death of this.

Where is the site management?

Still, the precise date of birth is showing in the first line after a request for review has been made - please, genes reunited staff, sort this out.


Sorry, Gai, I just saw your reply here :-)
I went back later, and it had gone; I posted asking if there was a glitch, two other people posted strange / abusive remarks, so I deleted my question about a glitch :-)

I offered my services as a moderator when GR did the members survey a while back. Being in a different time zone I'd thought I would be a shoe in but GR never took up my offer. Oh well there loss.

Joy,

I went to comment on your Facebook thread and it's gone. Did you delete it or GR?

Gai ;-)

What is the point of this suggestions page?

I have only seen GR reply to one and that was regarding Facebook on the first day of the new layout.

If they want a modorater I will send in my CV :D

jax

Well Ladies,

It's great to know that Facebook is being moderated. I posted on Joy's comment the response that GR gave me and it's been whisked away in 2 hours and GR response is written below.

Genes Reunited - All matters regarding moderation of boards should be directed to customer support staff or submitted on our suggestions board. Discussions regarding moderation on the facebook page will be removed.

Oh well maybe we should all give up.

Gai

When the small amount of the text that remains visible includes a name and precise date, it is totally wrong to leave it visible to public view.

I'm glad to see the offending post gone unfortunately there will probably be another dozen to replace it in no time.

Nah, it isn't a matter of opinion, so there's no disagreement.

There's just the correct position -- that where the first line of the post that remains visible IS the problem, as it has been in two that I know of, it should not be visible once reported for review -- and the wrong position, that the problem doesn't exist.

Nobody could rationally claim that the problem doesn't exist, after seeing even those two posts, so the problem really seems to be that nobody cares.

Hi Jax,

This is the response that I received back from GR

Dear Gai

I can see what is happening, but we don't have any plans to change this. You can only see a small amount of the text so it couldn't really be used by anyone.


Kind Regards,


Estelle
Genes Support Team

Very interesting indeed but I'm afraid Gr and me will have to disagree on this point.

Gai

I was'nt to fussed about her own birth date but I assume she was adopted and did not think it was a good idea to post her mothers details including who she poss married on the internet for all to see including any half siblings that may not know about her.

jax

Edit - Just looked at my emails and GR agree it was not acceptable and it has been removed

Hope the poster has been told why