h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The scheduled DNA 2.20 upgrade was finally completed just before 1.00 this afternoon, slightly later than predicted.

DNA 2.20 isn't a huge release, but it includes a few features and fixes that will be affect other DNA sites.

Editors Able to Edit Friends Lists
The biggest change in this upgrade is the facility for the Editors to be able to edit Friends Lists, which has been introduced as a short-term measure to address a few minor concerns regarding the Friends List feature. This is intended to be used only in exceptional circumstances, such as when there is a clear case of harassment via the Friends List (which will only be acted upon if an official complaint reaches us and is upheld via the standard complaints system). Additionally, we recognise that this may be useful on occasions where a researcher is no longer with us, for whatever reason, in which case the Editors may intervene and edit that Friends List.

This is not a feature that we intend to use casually and we request that Researchers do not abuse this or expect us to intervene for anything other than a serious complaint. Additionally, we may be forced to take further action where Researchers resubscribe to a friends list they have been removed from by the Editors.

Automatic Entry Subscription
Now, when you create a new entry, you will automatically be subscribed to the Conversations centre on that entry. This is not a retroactive feature, however, and applies only to new entries created after this upgrade. Also, it only affects the creator of the entry; the addition of other Researchers to the credit box will not automatically subscribe them.

Fixes to the New Users Page
These fixes largely only affect h2g2 Aces.
* A check box to limit search to users who have updated their Personal Space
* 'Search users by site' check box now checked as default


Back-end Fixes
Finally, a couple of bug-fixes for the categorisation system and back-end moderation pages.


We're hoping to include more regular upgrades in the near future, so stay tuned...

Is 'site running terribly slowly' one of the new features?

B

Traveller in Time just feeding the parrot
"Well, you should not play 'Starship Titanic' in the background."

Or how about a "Deleting old messages" device?

It's worse than ever- hope this will be fixed soon

It's currently pretty quick (and has been much worse) from where I am (Durham, U.K.); admittedly I'm on a fast connection.

However, I seem unable to find the 'check box to limit search to users who have updated their Personal Space' on the New Users page.

Question/suggestion:

Re: friends lists. Would it be possible to have the little eyes appear next to the friends in the list who are online?

az

Seems a lot faster to me today...

I like the idea of an easy way of deleting/unsubscribing to old conversations. It takes forever. If we could highlight several and then unsubscribe once it would be a big help.

H

Having re-read the announcement, I take it the new check box on the New Users page is visible only to ACEs. So anyone else using the page will still end up seeing a lot of blank Personal Spaces.

I can't see the box either... Am I doing something wrong?

'These fixes largely only affect h2g2 Aces.'

It doesn't explicitly say that only ACEs can see the box, but possibly that was the intended meaning. Still... whyever would the rest of us be stopped from seeing it?

Mmm, neither can I...

_Then_ he spots the '(ACE)' in Existential Elevator's name.

Okay. Either we are doing something wrong, or there's a technical problem.

Absolutely, and with the amount of conversations from Ask h2g2 that I never read (you know, the really daft ones), etc that you never read - a mass unsubscribe function would be great

I'm guessing that we're both missing something, here..

Mass unsubscribe would be very useful indeed....

It would appear one of those check boxes hasn't been uploaded.



If you want me, I'll be under my desk. Muttering.

Well, that's just Murphy's law in action...

Traveller in Time on his head
"Is this not new?

O Show all
O Show only those with Introductions (ie those you can talk to on their Personal Spaces)
O Show only those with Introductions without any Postings made to it (ie those whom the Aces should welcome)
[] Only show users from this site.

Researchers who have joined in the last week:

"