Sep-24-2011, 01:46 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Sep-24-2011, 01:56 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
Okay, so, here's what I've found. Apologies for 'thinking aloud' to those of you not interested but this needs to be sifted through so I can give Mervi all the info she needs to enable a fix, and I want to make sure that my thought processes are going in the right direction...
As far as I can see, the 'thul beings had counted 7162 posts at 8:04am yesterday. I then counted 7187 posts at 9:21am today. The difference between the two totals is 25.
I then went and checked this increase against all posts made between 8:04 and 9:21 and there were 25 posts made that I can find:
Fave Bookmark: 4
BoD: 3
CoD:4
What are you reading right now?: 5
Vampires and Vampirism: 9
This total post count of 7187 for the forum balances exactly then with the 25 posts that have been added to forum since the 'thul beings noted their count of 7162. The count has increased by the number of posts made, as it should have....
...however, in that time, the 'thul beings' personal count has decreased by 70+ since they noted they'd reached that milestone and 70+ since I saw their count (I think it was 1001 when I viewed it). The only reason I can see for this decrease, when the total post count for the forum has increased by the correct 25, is if there is a fault with the 'thul beings counter. I'm not sure how these things work (at all!) but possibly it was faulty but fixed itself and switched back to its proper count at midnight during a resetting process?
You computer-savvy members may be able to explain it with a less fanciful/more correct reasoning but I just can't see how the split (made in the pm of last night) would be the cause for the decrease of the 'thul beings' post count if the overall post count for the entire forum has increased by the correct number of posts made. If it were the splitting process which had prompted some posts to be deleted, the overall total should first have decreased the difference of the 70 posts that the 'thul beings' count had decreased by and then added the 25 posts made in that time eg 7162 - 70 (lost as per the 'thul being's decrease) + 25 (for the posts made during the time period) = 7117. Instead, the count reads 7187, as it should.
Am I am missing something or barking up the wrong tree here? Off to triple-check the above as I have no real idea what to make of it all.
As far as I can see, the 'thul beings had counted 7162 posts at 8:04am yesterday. I then counted 7187 posts at 9:21am today. The difference between the two totals is 25.
I then went and checked this increase against all posts made between 8:04 and 9:21 and there were 25 posts made that I can find:
Fave Bookmark: 4
BoD: 3
CoD:4
What are you reading right now?: 5
Vampires and Vampirism: 9
This total post count of 7187 for the forum balances exactly then with the 25 posts that have been added to forum since the 'thul beings noted their count of 7162. The count has increased by the number of posts made, as it should have....
...however, in that time, the 'thul beings' personal count has decreased by 70+ since they noted they'd reached that milestone and 70+ since I saw their count (I think it was 1001 when I viewed it). The only reason I can see for this decrease, when the total post count for the forum has increased by the correct 25, is if there is a fault with the 'thul beings counter. I'm not sure how these things work (at all!) but possibly it was faulty but fixed itself and switched back to its proper count at midnight during a resetting process?
You computer-savvy members may be able to explain it with a less fanciful/more correct reasoning but I just can't see how the split (made in the pm of last night) would be the cause for the decrease of the 'thul beings' post count if the overall post count for the entire forum has increased by the correct number of posts made. If it were the splitting process which had prompted some posts to be deleted, the overall total should first have decreased the difference of the 70 posts that the 'thul beings' count had decreased by and then added the 25 posts made in that time eg 7162 - 70 (lost as per the 'thul being's decrease) + 25 (for the posts made during the time period) = 7117. Instead, the count reads 7187, as it should.
Am I am missing something or barking up the wrong tree here? Off to triple-check the above as I have no real idea what to make of it all.
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."