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Sciere (932687) on 8/15/2009 7:47 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
A critical bug is currently corrupting the game data in various areas. To prevent further damage, all approvals are currently on hold until the system is back to normal. As soon as this is resolved, expect the regular updates to be back on speed. We'll keep you posted.
Update: Brian was out of town this weekend, sorry for the delay in getting a fix pushed out. The good news is that everything is working fine now and there wasn't any data corruption. It turned out to be an problem with caching, which also had an easy fix.
Indra was here (20747) on 8/16/2009 12:59 AM · Permalink · Report
I did it...I did it!!! :p
PolloDiablo (16847) on 8/16/2009 7:41 AM · Permalink · Report
Can we still submit, or is it better to wait until this is sorted? Am rather busy with preparations for Gamescom anyway. ;-)
Big John WV (26953) on 8/17/2009 4:18 AM · Permalink · Report
I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I just finally came back after a few days. Hopefully everything will be worked out.
Medicine Man (328) on 8/17/2009 10:53 AM · Permalink · Report
Will now i atleast know why my new submittings aren't approved already for the past weeks :P
Havoc Crow (29969) on 8/17/2009 6:30 PM · Permalink · Report
It's working again? I just had two release infos approved.
LordAndrew (338) on 8/18/2009 12:06 AM · Permalink · Report
Ah yes, I just got an approval message. We're back in business. Glad to hear there wasn't any corruption.
Medicine Man (328) on 8/18/2009 9:01 AM · Permalink · Report
Its very good that its working again, but i still don't get any approval messages for i don't know how long :(
Medicine Man (328) on 8/18/2009 6:48 PM · Permalink · Report
Doesn't any1 think we need more approvers?
Indra was here (20747) on 8/19/2009 1:35 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kitsune Sniper wrote--]Don't you even think of asking to be an approver. [/Q --end Kitsune Sniper wrote--] Actually, please do.
That way, the old approvers can start contributing again (with the exception of the European bots who have 8 arms and 2 heads :p) and leave the rest to the new approvers. :)
Medicine Man (328) on 8/19/2009 9:12 AM · Permalink · Report
Actually, some approvers still submit pretty much things.
PCGamer77 (3157) on 8/28/2009 2:20 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kitsune Sniper wrote--]Don't you even think of asking to be an approver.
All the contributors who get turned into approvers suddenly stop submitting stuff. :P [/Q --end Kitsune Sniper wrote--]
Yeah, but the worst part is the frontpage news items. Hardly ever any game news, almost always one approver/admin congratulating another approver/admin on being a wonderful person for breaking the 5,000,000 contribution points barrier. :)
GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 8/28/2009 4:00 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I've got some gaming related news that's actually a bit late now. Shoves imaginary elbow to nearest approver. 8)
Sicarius (61515) on 8/28/2009 4:15 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start PCGamer77 wrote--] Yeah, but the worst part is the frontpage news items. Hardly ever any game news, almost always one approver/admin congratulating another approver/admin on being a wonderful person for breaking the 5,000,000 contribution points barrier. :) [/Q --end PCGamer77 wrote--] well that's the important stuff here on MG - for everything else there's joystiq, gamesradar and whatever :).
Zeppin (8407) on 8/28/2009 4:38 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Sicarius wrote--] well that's the important stuff here on MG - for everything else there's joystiq, gamesradar and whatever :). [/Q --end Sicarius wrote--]
I agree, though the clear intention when adding the news portion to the site was for it to provide legitimate video game news. Hence why sections such as the Approver Wiki read: "Contributing a news item, with personal opinion or commentary, helps establish an editorial voice for MobyGames to the gaming community." I can't imagine our news section being updated so often as to remain current, though, unless contributors come along with a specific interest in that section of the site. The MobyGames FAQ even makes clear, under the What isn't MobyGames section, that it isn't intended to provide "Up-to-the-minute gaming news (there are tons of other web sites dedicated to gaming news)".
I do enjoy the occasional foreign game news that I wouldn't hear of for some time otherwise, though, such as the release of the Zeebo in Brazil. There are also some news items, such as the revitalization of the Monkey Island franchise, that I feel should make it onto the site even if most users have read similar articles prior to that one being approved.