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8 September 2017 at 17:16 #315939
richard 2
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Yes, I've paid my sub – my main delight is reading through early issues of MEW.

Each time I try I am told the thread is not available.

Why?,Bit of a waste of money of part of my sub.

Anyone any info on this?

Many thanks

Richard2.
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8 September 2017 at 17:16 #38929
richard 2
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8 September 2017 at 17:52 #315947
Neil Wyatt
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Hello Richard,

Can you be a bit more specific? Are you trying to access the magazine archive (which needs a digital subscription) or something else?

Neil
8 September 2017 at 18:02 #315953
Brian G
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@briang
Hi Neil

I thought I would take a look and every thread I have clicked on in the "Beginners Questions" topic earlier than "Posilock Threads" half way down page 207 (last posting 23/05/2009) brings up the message "Sorry, but the thread cannot be found". Many also show a negative number of replies.

Brian
8 September 2017 at 18:07 #315956
Thor 🇳🇴
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I get the same result as Brian and Richard, so some links not working.

Thor
8 September 2017 at 18:36 #315959
JasonB
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As the forum started in 2009 you won't get much earlier than that.

Any ones that can't be read or have negative numbers will have been deleted as they were possibly spam, wrongly posted, duplicates etc

If you read the thread titles of some of those ones you can't access you will see that quite a few have no place in that section and the spam ones buy our overseas friends can be spotted too.

Edited By JasonB on 08/09/2017 18:40:14
8 September 2017 at 18:36 #315960
David Standing 1
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I'm guessing the bulletin board/forum had an updated version used at some point, and the old threads are archived.
8 September 2017 at 18:37 #315961
David Standing 1
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Cross posted with Jason. There you go
8 September 2017 at 18:42 #315963
JasonB
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Should also say that access to the forum is free to anyone, you don't need a subscription to view. It is only the digital archive back issues that are accessible as part of a suitable subscription.
8 September 2017 at 19:19 #315969
Neil Wyatt
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Posted by Brian G on 08/09/2017 18:02:05:

Hi Neil

I thought I would take a look and every thread I have clicked on in the "Beginners Questions" topic earlier than "Posilock Threads" half way down page 207 (last posting 23/05/2009) brings up the message "Sorry, but the thread cannot be found". Many also show a negative number of replies.

Brian

As Jason says, these are empty threads where either spam/nuisance postings were deleted or misplaced postings that were moved to other threads/topics. Once empty the thread moves to the end as it no longer has a date.

It's only about sixty threads out of well over 4,000 so there's plenty left for you to read!

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 08/09/2017 19:23:31
9 September 2017 at 10:50 #316073
Brian G
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 08/09/2017 19:19:21:

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It's only about sixty threads out of well over 4,000 so there's plenty left for you to read!

Neil

I wasn't complaining Neil, I only looked at them to see if I had understood the original posting. I suspect that if I did try to read all the threads, by the time I got to the end I would have forgotten the earlier ones anyway and would need to start again and "that way madness lies".

Anyway, we all have to save some time for the workshop

Brian
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