Dave Van Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thanks Gary..... I know Bob is a unpaid tech and has a plate full with real world stuff. But maybe it's time to spread to wealth as such. While I was never a DBA (data base admin) I did work as a support person for 25 years. I'd be happy to assist. Retired for 19 years I am rusty....but it's unfair and not a good idea to have it all on Bob's shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thanks for the update, it seems there is some hope for the board's return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorhead4646 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Glad to hear some good news. I know in the grand scheme this is a minor thing but I do still plan on having the Fantasy Cup Series' 2018 season. Depending on when the forum is back up and running, I will announce the schedule accordingly in order to give competitors ample time to complete their builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Thank you Gary66 for the update, good to see a familiar face (Dave V.and Mark J as well). I do know what you mean about rude posts, it is easy to offend unintentionally when talking about teams you like and teams you don't like and to be honest, my way of thinking is a board about model making should not be a discussion board about races, teams or who's the better driver. I think we were mostly civil over there once the race discussions were banned. There is a bunch of historic knowledge on the board and a lot of great information on builds, some by a lot of builders that have passed away. It would be hard to replace that information. I agree there is more emphasis on older NASCAR subjects, keeping in mind that some of the historic builds were never in a racing kit form, they had to be scratched together. Harder work and more pride perhaps spoke louder. Hope we see the board again, it was always a source of inspiration to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyAStultz Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks Gary, I know I was just getting back into building and really miss all the information and friends I met within Randy's. I really hope it comes back soon. Thanks for all yall do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Gary66 said: I’m a moderator at Randy’s. All I know about the board is that it will be back, when is unknown. Last I heard from Bob Hanner they were trying to save the database and membership files. There are some comments made in this thread I would like to address: It is true that the Nascar Racing discussion section was taken down. It had become a major problem to try and moderate it and keep it civil. Guidelines and rules were clearly stated and some just chose to constantly ignore them. We begged, we pleaded , we tried everything up to and including suspending repeat offenders. Nothing worked. Some of the garbage being posted there really hurt the board as it directly lead to people who worked inside Nascar and the teams to leave. One example is Mike Beam, a long time Nascar crew chief and a wealth of information helpful to modelers. At the time he was working for Kyle Busch running his Truck program. And some would post profane, vile tirades against KBM whenever they won a Truck or Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series race. That team employs somewhere between 150 to 175 people who make their living racing, and when some of the posts was about how that team should fold or not be allowed to compete…etc… no wonder someone like Mr. Beam left. There were others lost the same way who literally had decades of experience inside the sport building and racing cars, and we just could not get the problem posters to understand that. Bob Hanner created a Nascar racing discussion page on Facebook, some went there to vent about the racing but not the problem guys. While not publicly announcing it, late last season the moderators decided to allow some racing related posts to stay up, to see how things would go, with an eye towards opening back up the racing discussion area again, if in a somewhat limited form. Others left over arguments about vendor bashing. Again, we have always stated not to do that., to keep any issues between a member and a vendor off the board but some just continue to post rants ripping resin casters, decal makers, and others, then getting upset when the post was locked or deleted. That is one problem that seems to just go on and on, and on. Lastly, over the years some felt that the board leaned more to the dark side (vintage) Nascar builders. I think overall it did and I can see where modern builders may have felt left out, but it was unintentional and efforts have been made to keep the modern builder feeling just as important as the vintage builder. That being said, hopefully it will be back up soon and the database will be available, it’s a great source of reference. Thank you for the update I am happy to hear that the forum will be back at some point. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.J Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks for the update Gary. I visit other sites and they are great but Randy's is and has been my modeling home for many years and I have been missing the guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Too bad some cannot just build models and post about the and leave all the other nonsense to Facebook and Twitter. Edited January 22, 2018 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Not up yet...but some movement......hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 This is what I saw when I went to the site so yes it looks like some progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 There was a test forum up that Bob had made posts on. It went down and now there is nothing.....but the test DB may have been needed to restore real DB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyAStultz Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Bob just posted the DB install failed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The site is back to a 'install' page....so keep hoping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyAStultz Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 oh i am, he said he was done for tonight as he was beyond frustrated lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaguy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I just posted to the site and it took - looks we are back in business. Hats off to the folks who fixed it all up! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkur XR4Ti Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 It doesn't appear fully back yet; for example I'm unable to log in under my usual username. Not a complaint, I can only imagine how hard this is to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcaguy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 47 minutes ago, Merkur XR4Ti said: It doesn't appear fully back yet; for example I'm unable to log in under my usual username. Not a complaint, I can only imagine how hard this is to deal with. 47 minutes ago, Merkur XR4Ti said: It doesn't appear fully back yet; for example I'm unable to log in under my usual username. Not a complaint, I can only imagine how hard this is to deal with. Yeah - same here but I just registered over again as it appears the whole site was whipped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Merkur XR4Ti said: It doesn't appear fully back yet; for example I'm unable to log in under my usual username. Not a complaint, I can only imagine how hard this is to deal with. Were you able to log in at all, I am not able to My user info can not be found, that explains it. Edited January 23, 2018 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Murphy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 44 minutes ago, martinfan5 said: Were you able to log in at all, I am not able to My user info can not be found, that explains it. Right now it lists only 31 members in the directory, hopefully it will all come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Irish Murphy said: Right now it lists only 31 members in the directory, hopefully it will all come back. Right, if they are having DB issues still that explains it, all the user info in that DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 It looks like just the site shell is up....not populated with back-up DB info yet.....which is posts abd ID's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satterwhite78 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 tried using my original user's info...no luck. went ahead and re-registered using the same user name and password and on board and posting! Already one post of a build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary66 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Everyone will have to re-register, the membership files are toast. This is per Bob Hanner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 14 minutes ago, Gary66 said: Everyone will have to re-register, the membership files are toast. This is per Bob Hanner. Thank you for letting use know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW93 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Great news that they were able to restore it. I just went on there to see what was back up again. I did notice there were numerous SPAM posts. I hope they can get that taken care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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