It seems that there have been posts going missing over the past few days.
After investigation, it appears that this is the result of a move of server over the weekend.
This basically means that the peculiarities of DNS creates - for a time - two images of this forum: the new original server space, and the old server space being moved from. It's like a "real" image and a "ghost" image.
Ideally, everyone should have been visiting the new server space - the real image.
However, because of the migration of the IPs from one physical server to another, some people found themselves posting in the "ghost" image.
This should not have been common, but it does mean that any posts that were made on the "ghost" form will be completely lost.
I know of at least 3 posts reported missing and I recommend this explanation as the appropriate one.
I know CR staff have not deleted anything because I have access to logs that show no such activity.
Anyway, all I can do is apologise profusely for this unexpected series of losses, and fervently recommend that members make a copy of anything they post before clicking on "send".
EDIT: Please note the following thread about the new server move:
http://www.comparative-religion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=921
There should be no repeat of the above, because the forums wills be closed from the original server, and reopened only on the new server. The confusion occurred with the original server move because it was a case of the hosting company transferring its customers to a new datacenter, so I had no control over the procedure.
After investigation, it appears that this is the result of a move of server over the weekend.
This basically means that the peculiarities of DNS creates - for a time - two images of this forum: the new original server space, and the old server space being moved from. It's like a "real" image and a "ghost" image.
Ideally, everyone should have been visiting the new server space - the real image.
However, because of the migration of the IPs from one physical server to another, some people found themselves posting in the "ghost" image.
This should not have been common, but it does mean that any posts that were made on the "ghost" form will be completely lost.
I know of at least 3 posts reported missing and I recommend this explanation as the appropriate one.
I know CR staff have not deleted anything because I have access to logs that show no such activity.
Anyway, all I can do is apologise profusely for this unexpected series of losses, and fervently recommend that members make a copy of anything they post before clicking on "send".
EDIT: Please note the following thread about the new server move:
http://www.comparative-religion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=921
There should be no repeat of the above, because the forums wills be closed from the original server, and reopened only on the new server. The confusion occurred with the original server move because it was a case of the hosting company transferring its customers to a new datacenter, so I had no control over the procedure.