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Long story short we were trying to fix an issue with a duplicating post and ended up causing issues with the replies. You may not see any replies, or
[See the full post at: Try to fix one thing, break another]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
I asked a question in “Questions: Browsers and desktop software”
Moonshine posted a reply, as shown in screenshot 2346194 .
I was notified of that reply by e-mail as shown in screenshot 2346195 .
But Moonshine’s reply doesn’t show, screenshot 2346196 .
Moonshine mentions software Ghost-It. An advanced search for “Ghost-It” in post contents comes up empty, screenshot 2346197 .
There is definitely a dung beetle at work. (Not that Moonshine’s reply is dung. 
It actually was helpful.)
Everybody makes mistakes, the goal is learn from our own mistakes. But lot disapeared on Askwoody.. This is completely empty thread now for example. How ironic. Name of the thread is saying it all. What were you trying to achieve anyway?
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/when-the-patch-is-worse-than-the-attack/
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https://testaskwoody.holbihost.com/forums/topic/when-the-patch-is-worse-than-the-attack/
As a test can you see it there?
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
That is not the solution you are looking for …
When checking ‘Replies Created’ under my profile, I got none.
Alex: Join the club. But you should be able to see what you have posted most recently, in the last eight hours or so. If you don’t see at least that, yours might be a new aspect of the current problem.
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In the topics Im interested in, I can see posted replies in my mail inbox 
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There are still tons of missing posts. In this thread, for example, the counter at the top says there are “2 replies and 3 voices”, yet only 1 reply and 2 different “voices” are shown on the page.
Note that the link I provided above is for a post that no longer appears on that page.
This is what my profile page says about the hundreds of replies I’ve posted at askwoody.com over the years:
The hope here is that this problem of posts gone missing en masse gets fixed soon. Many of us Woodyzens have put in a considerable amount of work into certain topics and we would not want that work to simply go down the drain–nor in many cases, I suspect, would we feel inclined to try to re-create it.
See- still there. Again, my apologies. It’s being worked on.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
I’m surprised that the ability to reply to existing posts is still allowed while the forum is having issues.
I remember a similar scenario some years ago, in a forum that’s now long gone, when only the original posts were showing and all past replies suddenly had vanished.
Members were still allowed to reply to the single original post showing and when the forum was finally restored, what a mess with all the original replies mixing with newer replies that had been added during the forum problem period. Nothing made sense.
Let’s hope all goes well here.
Please please no. That’s way too much work and unneeded. Again all of the posts are still here in the database it’s just that they are missing a certain bit of information flagging to make them visible for all. Just be patient, the information is not going to be lost. We’re not rolling back to a prior backup, we’ve tested the solution on a copy of the site. The only thing we’re waiting for now is a good time for the consultant and I to be around at the same time.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Okay, Susan, you’ve made your point. We won’t complain any more about the “No politics and religion” ban or the new cartoon drawing of you and woody on the website masthead, or do any of the many other silly things we do that undoubtedly cause you to roll your eyes, or exhale in frustration, or shake your head in disbelief.
Please put the site back up. We’ll be good. We’ll be very good, you’ll see. We promise. Just give us another chance. Pleeeeeeze…
Hope this helps.amuses.
No this one was my fault. Site is honestly still here, it’s just got a database tummy problem that we’re fixing.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
In the topics Im interested in, I can see posted replies in my mail inbox
Think yourself lucky, Doriel. I haven’t had an email notification for many, many months. 
Thats pity. I dont know if its by design or just coincidence, but sometimes it seems like Im “unsubscribed automatically” from certain forum topics, but still, most of them works. I think the site is OK the way it is.
This havoc is what you get when you mess too much with your settings, I think.
AskWoody is (was) complete service for users with giant knowledge database. What more do you want? People like it. Dont break it please! Pleeeaaaase!
Can just one thing remain the same? Do we REALLY need to do this patching and repairing damages after patching on and on again?
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Thank you for your explanation.
I also use WordPress to build sites and last time I managed to “demolish” my webpage by single change in “settings >> general” by editing URL.
I managed to repair it via myPHPadmin, but it was crucial hour before I found it 
So I can uderstand that and I believe in admins of this site, that they will resolve this issue.
I wish them luck of course, but I personally considered this webpage as perfect. Even more since Woody managed to do big update of the site back in 2019.
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Yes. Sunday night when the newsletter goes out.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Update II: Indexing fix is scheduled for Sunday morning Pacific time. Once again thank you for your patience.
Susan- ( @sb )
Any idea on the approximate time in the morning? 0000-0800PT or more like 0600-1200PT for example?
That way folks can be a little better prepared for the occurrence and either not try to use the site or, if they’re using the site, keep an eye on the clock to be able to leave the site before it goes down so they don’t potentially lose a post they’re working on.
I’m looking forward to Sunday afternoon/evening to see just how things look afterwards. Wishing you and the others who toil behind the scenes the best of luck in the endeavor!
BTW, you’re very welcome to at least my patience!
Expected downtime is 15 minutes. I’m sure you can find something to do for half an hour, tempting as it is to spend all day here.
cheers, Paul
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