Switching owner of inactive forum

[sunguardian524]

Forum URL: utau-synth.boards.net/

Hello! I would like to kno if ownership can be switched on this forum? It's been in my hands for around 6 years now but I'm now realizing that full ownership was never actually given to me? I don't think I can get ahold of the original owner if their account is even actually there. I'm trying to clean it up so it can be active again but it's full of spam accounts that I can't remove. I would like to finish cleaning this forums up if that's possible please! If there's anything else I can provide, I will try to do what I can although I'm not sure how helpful I'd been since it's been so long. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

[Kami]

Jun 17, 2021 21:42:05 GMT -8 sunguardian524 said:

Forum URL: utau-synth.boards.net/

Hello! I would like to kno if ownership can be switched on this forum? It's been in my hands for around 6 years now but I'm now realizing that full ownership was never actually given to me? I don't think I can get ahold of the original owner if their account is even actually there. I'm trying to clean it up so it can be active again but it's full of spam accounts that I can't remove. I would like to finish cleaning this forums up if that's possible please! If there's anything else I can provide, I will try to do what I can although I'm not sure how helpful I'd been since it's been so long. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

The original owner's account will always be there: it's /user/1 (username: admin) and the forum's existence is tied into the account's existence. If the account is deleted, so is the forum.

I'd definitely check back for a PB admin's response during business hours (M-F, 9am - 5pm Pacific / -8GMT) but the general policy is that the original owner either needs to consent to the ownership transfer, or there needs to be demonstrable proof that the owner is deceased or otherwise completely 100% inactive in order for PB to step in to make a determination on what should be done to preserve the forum.

My recommendation would be to check to see if there's any contact info for the original creator (the URL should be: utau-synth.boards.net/user/1) and reach out that way. The last login date should also be there (and if you're a staff member in a group able to see hidden / invisible users, you should see the most updated login; otherwise there's a chance that there might be something more recent that you're not able to see).

Good luck! Hopefully the PB admins can shed more light on things tomorrow (:

[sunguardian524]

Jun 17, 2021 22:18:28 GMT -8 Kami said:

The original owner's account will always be there: it's /user/1 (username: admin) and the forum's existence is tied into the account's existence. If the account is deleted, so is the forum.

I'd definitely check back for a PB admin's response during business hours (M-F, 9am - 5pm Pacific / -8GMT) but the general policy is that the original owner either needs to consent to the ownership transfer, or there needs to be demonstrable proof that the owner is deceased or otherwise completely 100% inactive in order for PB to step in to make a determination on what should be done to preserve the forum.

My recommendation would be to check to see if there's any contact info for the original creator (the URL should be: utau-synth.boards.net/user/1) and reach out that way. The last login date should also be there (and if you're a staff member in a group able to see hidden / invisible users, you should see the most updated login; otherwise there's a chance that there might be something more recent that you're not able to see).

Good luck! Hopefully the PB admins can shed more light on things tomorrow (:

Thank you for letting me kno all the info! I don't kno if they are decreased, but I highly doubt they are. But if that link you put is followed, it says they haven't be active since 2016, which was around the time it was passed over to me I think >< I don't think I have written proof, but I might hafta go digging for it if it's all I can get. I guess I'll just need to wait tho ;w;

[Kami]

Jun 17, 2021 23:26:07 GMT -8 sunguardian524 said:

Jun 17, 2021 22:18:28 GMT -8 Kami said:

The original owner's account will always be there: it's /user/1 (username: admin) and the forum's existence is tied into the account's existence. If the account is deleted, so is the forum.

I'd definitely check back for a PB admin's response during business hours (M-F, 9am - 5pm Pacific / -8GMT) but the general policy is that the original owner either needs to consent to the ownership transfer, or there needs to be demonstrable proof that the owner is deceased or otherwise completely 100% inactive in order for PB to step in to make a determination on what should be done to preserve the forum.

My recommendation would be to check to see if there's any contact info for the original creator (the URL should be: utau-synth.boards.net/user/1) and reach out that way. The last login date should also be there (and if you're a staff member in a group able to see hidden / invisible users, you should see the most updated login; otherwise there's a chance that there might be something more recent that you're not able to see).

Good luck! Hopefully the PB admins can shed more light on things tomorrow (:

Thank you for letting me kno all the info! I don't kno if they are decreased, but I highly doubt they are. But if that link you put is followed, it says they haven't be active since 2016, which was around the time it was passed over to me I think >< I don't think I have written proof, but I might hafta go digging for it if it's all I can get. I guess I'll just need to wait tho ;w;

Does the account display any contact info (like their email)? If it does, you may want to try sending them a message and see if they respond.

If not, I've got no other suggestions on this end :( Good luck!

[Scott]

sunguardian524, I have removed the spam accounts from the forum.

[sunguardian524]

Jun 18, 2021 9:43:40 GMT -8 Scott said:

sunguardian524 , I have removed the spam accounts from the forum.

Oh, thank you so much! ;; I'm guessing there's no way to get me as official owner tho?

[Scott]

Jun 18, 2021 10:18:16 GMT -8 sunguardian524 said:

Jun 18, 2021 9:43:40 GMT -8 Scott said:

sunguardian524 , I have removed the spam accounts from the forum.

Oh, thank you so much! ;; I'm guessing there's no way to get me as official owner tho?

Your request is under review. A decision won't be made until next week.

[sunguardian524]

Oh! That works out! Thank you! Hoping for the best but whatever happens happens ;w;

[sunguardian524]

Hey, just double checking, but since I've gotten no reply in over a week does that mean ownership can't be switched?

[Scott]

sunguardian524, at this time ownership will not be transferred. However, the remaining administrative powers have been assigned to you.

[sunguardian524]

Oh that's really helpful! Thank you so much! ^^