@Insider2 said: @HeatherBoyd said: "The deletion of their content was an unfortunate misstep. Content is not usually deleted during a ban and remains when an account is unbanned. Moving forward, account content will not be deleted upon a ban.
What's the chance of hiring a computer expert to find Rogers posts in the cloud or wherever. It may be viable and I will personally donate $50 to a PCGS fund to pay for it. Just say the word and post the mailing address. Perryhall is important also but MY first choice is Roger's content.
I second this. I will personally also donate an amount to a PCGS fund...
@Insider2 said: @HeatherBoyd said: "The deletion of their content was an unfortunate misstep. Content is not usually deleted during a ban and remains when an account is unbanned. Moving forward, account content will not be deleted upon a ban.
What's the chance of hiring a computer expert to find Rogers posts in the cloud or wherever. It may be viable and I will personally donate $50 to a PCGS fund to pay for it. Just say the word and post the mailing address. Perryhall is important also but MY first choice is Roger's content.
I'm reasonably certain that once information is wiped from a server, that it cannot be recovered. I'm afraid that RogerB, PerryHall, Realone, Afford et. al. histories are gone for good. As Heather said, we move on from here.
I was PerryHall in a prior forum life. Heather was kind enough to bring me back after many forum members went to bat for me (thanks!!!) but my prior life here as PerryHall was totally wiped out---over 35,000 posts and thousands of PM's. I'm at peace with my early demise and I'm making a fresh start here as dirtygold. I agree with retrieving Roger's posts since they include a lot original research and important mint documents. I hope that Heather can reach out to Roger and bring him back.
In my opinion rarely is something gone forever on the internet. Roger's and other's posts might have been erased from the server but there are backup copies of that data that companies routinely make sometimes on a daily basis. It might take some effort to retrieve that data but it's not impossible.
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@HeatherBoyd said:
I will speak with our development team tomorrow morning to see if anything can be done regarding the lost content.
Thank you. And if there is indeed some expense involved I too will donate $50 to the cause.
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
I have to tell you, @dirtygold is not as prestigious sounding as PerryHall but maybe you were looking to lower your reputation enough so that you could finally post your accumulation of parking lot errors.
@AmazingIntellect said:
I'm reasonably certain that once information is wiped from a server, that it cannot be recovered. I'm afraid that RogerB, PerryHall, Realone, Afford et. al. histories are gone for good. As Heather said, we move on from here.
I'll bet the Russians, Iranians, Isralies, and Chinese have all of it!
Welcome to our brave new world..... If it stops the major dispute threads that are outside of coin collecting, I will be very pleased..... In the meantime, I hope y'all have a marvelous weekend. Thank you Heather, for the OP....Cheers, RickO
Thank you Ms. Boyd for your passionate work in monitoring this forum site. Your hard work is evident in many of your previous responses. Hopefully, we all learn from this and we all can move on compassionately and professionately !!!
Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I'm glad to see some moderation in here, looks like it's happening with fits and starts, along with some jolts, but the corrections have been encouraging. I hope this can be a place to keep getting great coin info while helping out the new collectors.
I sure don't miss the "good old days" of a few months ago where so much (insert object here) waving was going on, it turned more into a "me 100% right Tarzan, you not so good" theme.
You probably already know this.... but perhaps not:
Prior to your arrival here, the only moderation this forum EVER saw was banning, usually without public warning or explanation. We're not accustomed to seeing closed threads, stickied threads, or moderator commentary. Most of the folks here are probably Internet-forum savvy, but for some, this might be their only online forum experience.
If it seems like everyone is over-reacting to what you're doing, this might be part of it.
Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
The Mountain Dew avatar is like seeing an old friend.
Well, he could have been punished for his sins by being forced to switch to DIET Mountain Dew!!!
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Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
So what happens to the ID "dirtygold"? Will you keep it as your alt for next time?
It's dead. I never believed in alts. Never made any sense to me unless one is planning to troll which I also don't believe in. For those that asked, I picked my avatar because my initials are DEW and green is my favorite color. I only drank one Mountain Dew in my entire life and didn't care much for it. Also, my forum name came from Perry Hall, Maryland where I lived for over 40 years until I moved to Florida to be close to family, especially our four grand kids.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I have a couple comments. I would urge that you be reluctant to close a thread once it is "answered". First, the answer may not be complete. More importantly information is stated that is valuable even after the thread is answered. Also, yes PCGS is the host (and thank you) but it's a business and the forum adds value to PCGS. I'm sure they would rather have all of us use their forum than another one. Finally, to me there are bright lines when something is wrong. Those should be stopped. I would urge moderation on censoring closer calls. thank you.
Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
So what happens to the ID "dirtygold"? Will you keep it as your alt for next time?
It's dead. I never believed in alts. Never made any sense to me unless one is planning to troll which I also don't believe in. For those that asked, I picked my avatar because my initials are DEW and green is my favorite color. I only drank one Mountain Dew in my entire life and didn't care much for it. Also, my forum name came from Perry Hall, Maryland where I lived for over 40 years until I moved to Florida to be close to family, especially our four grand kids.
I’m especially glad to see you back my friend. Not sure what this place would be without ya.
Welcome back
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Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
So what happens to the ID "dirtygold"? Will you keep it as your alt for next time?
It's dead. I never believed in alts. Never made any sense to me unless one is planning to troll which I also don't believe in. For those that asked, I picked my avatar because my initials are DEW and green is my favorite color. I only drank one Mountain Dew in my entire life and didn't care much for it. Also, my forum name came from Perry Hall, Maryland where I lived for over 40 years until I moved to Florida to be close to family, especially our four grand kids.
I’m especially glad to see you back my friend. Not sure what this place would be without ya.
Welcome back
Thanks for the kind words. You're making me blush.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Heather---My post count is currently 270 while originally it was around 35,000. I need this fixed if I'm ever going to have a chance to catch up with Ricko.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@PerryHall said:
Heather---My post count is currently 270 while originally it was around 35,000. I need this fixed if I'm ever going to have a chance to catch up with Ricko.
That may be true but your likes/agree/lol to post count ratio is INSANE right now!
@PerryHall said:
Heather---My post count is currently 270 while originally it was around 35,000. I need this fixed if I'm ever going to have a chance to catch up with Ricko.
Give it up! You'll have a better chance of finding the Holy Grail. Oops! I should say the second 1870-S Half dime.
@PerryHall said:
Heather---My post count is currently 270 while originally it was around 35,000. I need this fixed if I'm ever going to have a chance to catch up with Ricko.
That may be true but your likes/agree/lol to post count ratio is INSANE right now!
Now that you mention it, that's pretty funny. Maybe post counts are like the mechanical odometers on older cars that go back to zero after a certain number.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@dirtygold said:
I was PerryHall in a prior forum life. Heather was kind enough to bring me back after many forum members went to bat for me (thanks!!!) but my prior life here as PerryHall was totally wiped out---over 35,000 posts and thousands of PM's. I'm at peace with my early demise and I'm making a fresh start here as dirtygold. I agree with retrieving Roger's posts since they include a lot original research and important mint documents. I hope that Heather can reach out to Roger and bring him back.
Welcome back! You need the Mountain Dew avatar again so we recognize you!
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I second this. I will personally also donate an amount to a PCGS fund...
After reading through some of this, the first thing that came to mind was Leon Trotsky...
Are you saying Perry is expendable?
Can we please go back to the moderation style of six months ago? Pretty please...
@cameonut2011 asked: " Are you saying Perry is expendable?"
Did you read this part of my post: "Perryhall is important also but MY first choice is Roger's content."
It was a joke Skip.
It's 2:30 (pushed the clock back to 1:30). I thought you were serious.
I'm reasonably certain that once information is wiped from a server, that it cannot be recovered. I'm afraid that RogerB, PerryHall, Realone, Afford et. al. histories are gone for good. As Heather said, we move on from here.
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I was PerryHall in a prior forum life. Heather was kind enough to bring me back after many forum members went to bat for me (thanks!!!) but my prior life here as PerryHall was totally wiped out---over 35,000 posts and thousands of PM's. I'm at peace with my early demise and I'm making a fresh start here as dirtygold. I agree with retrieving Roger's posts since they include a lot original research and important mint documents. I hope that Heather can reach out to Roger and bring him back.
Welcome back @dirtygold [ph]
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Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Thanks! If you need to talk to PerryHall, I can channel him from beyond the grave.
I also believe that Roger's work was important to this site. I would be happy to donate $100 to help recover his content.
In my opinion rarely is something gone forever on the internet. Roger's and other's posts might have been erased from the server but there are backup copies of that data that companies routinely make sometimes on a daily basis. It might take some effort to retrieve that data but it's not impossible.
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I will speak with our development team tomorrow morning to see if anything can be done regarding the lost content.
Heather Boyd
PCGS Senior Director of Marketing
Thank you. And if there is indeed some expense involved I too will donate $50 to the cause.
I have to tell you, @dirtygold is not as prestigious sounding as PerryHall but maybe you were looking to lower your reputation enough so that you could finally post your accumulation of parking lot errors.
I'll bet the Russians, Iranians, Isralies, and Chinese have all of it!
PerryHall2 may have worked also.
IMHO this is not a tightly moderated board even though it is home to some tightly wound collectors.(aren't we all?)
Thanks to our mod for keeping things loose.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Welcome to our brave new world.....
If it stops the major dispute threads that are outside of coin collecting, I will be very pleased..... In the meantime, I hope y'all have a marvelous weekend. Thank you Heather, for the OP....Cheers, RickO
Your old moniker and posts are back FYI. It looks like the original account was unbanned.
I really like my "Black Hole" that sucks everything in and then my comment comes out the other end of the universe (?) as with everyone.
The old history from the super bamming is back. Very good. Job well done!
Thank you Ms. Boyd for your passionate work in monitoring this forum site. Your hard work is evident in many of your previous responses. Hopefully, we all learn from this and we all can move on compassionately and professionately !!!
Excellent, thank you
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Yes. Heather brought PerryHall back to life and you can once again talk to him directly. Thanks Heather!
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Has anyone asked Google just to see what they have? they sure surprise me sometimes.
I'm glad to see some moderation in here, looks like it's happening with fits and starts, along with some jolts, but the corrections have been encouraging. I hope this can be a place to keep getting great coin info while helping out the new collectors.
I sure don't miss the "good old days" of a few months ago where so much (insert object here) waving was going on, it turned more into a "me 100% right Tarzan, you not so good" theme.
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@HeatherBoyd
You probably already know this.... but perhaps not:
Prior to your arrival here, the only moderation this forum EVER saw was banning, usually without public warning or explanation. We're not accustomed to seeing closed threads, stickied threads, or moderator commentary. Most of the folks here are probably Internet-forum savvy, but for some, this might be their only online forum experience.
If it seems like everyone is over-reacting to what you're doing, this might be part of it.
I hear tell of someone on here who can bring you back from the dead. She's like a God(ess).
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
I was hoping to have more insiders here
The Mountain Dew avatar is like seeing an old friend.
Well, he could have been punished for his sins by being forced to switch to DIET Mountain Dew!!!
So what happens to the ID "dirtygold"? Will you keep it as your alt for next time?
It's dead. I never believed in alts. Never made any sense to me unless one is planning to troll which I also don't believe in. For those that asked, I picked my avatar because my initials are DEW and green is my favorite color. I only drank one Mountain Dew in my entire life and didn't care much for it. Also, my forum name came from Perry Hall, Maryland where I lived for over 40 years until I moved to Florida to be close to family, especially our four grand kids.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Sometimes it's best to write something just to get it out of your system...
Then let it brew a bit, maybe hit preview, but never post.
I miss Realone. He livened the place up.
I miss the Modern collector that couldn't grade below MS69...
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I have a couple comments. I would urge that you be reluctant to close a thread once it is "answered". First, the answer may not be complete. More importantly information is stated that is valuable even after the thread is answered. Also, yes PCGS is the host (and thank you) but it's a business and the forum adds value to PCGS. I'm sure they would rather have all of us use their forum than another one. Finally, to me there are bright lines when something is wrong. Those should be stopped. I would urge moderation on censoring closer calls. thank you.
I fall ill, lay out for awhile, the line goes tight and I miss a big one. Story of my life.
Wow...one 'resurrection' later and we are underway again.
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I’m especially glad to see you back my friend. Not sure what this place would be without ya.
Welcome back
Thanks for the kind words. You're making me blush.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Heather---My post count is currently 270 while originally it was around 35,000. I need this fixed if I'm ever going to have a chance to catch up with Ricko.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
That may be true but your likes/agree/lol to post count ratio is INSANE right now!
Give it up! You'll have a better chance of finding the Holy Grail. Oops! I should say the second 1870-S Half dime.
Now that you mention it, that's pretty funny. Maybe post counts are like the mechanical odometers on older cars that go back to zero after a certain number.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
He's now @afford .
Welcome back! You need the Mountain Dew avatar again so we recognize you!
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