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The Anime Fanlistings Network => General Questions and Discussion => Topic started by: Kikyou on February 22, 2006, 09:30:21 PM
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A friend of mine used to own a few fanlistings here. Karasu, Karasu and Kurama to name a few. Currently she's still having financial problems and cannot run a fanlisting. She doesn't have internet service. She's the one who recently told me about this site because we're big fans of the same characters. She still has a few buttons from her fl's and I wanted to use them. Only problem is that she doesn't remember who donated them. Is it alright if I still use them?
Another question another friend of mine want to apply for fl's on my pc while she's staying over. But I don't want it to look like I'm just using a different name to apply for more fanlistings because it's going to be the same IP as the one I used to apply for mine under. I was wondering if that's a problem.
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For your first question, I'm not quite sure what you're asking so I'll leave that for another staffer to answer or for you to rephrase, but as for your second question that'd be fine. So long as she is the one who is doing the work on the fanlisting, updating, etc. Also, the website URL she provides has to be her own, and so long as she includes in the comments field that she's staying at a friends house who also applies for fanlistings that sound be fine. It's only when someone uses aliases and applies for quite a large number of fanlistings that we consider it a problem ^_^
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[quote name='Kylara' post='138845' date='Feb 22 2006, 08:39 PM']For your first question, I'm not quite sure what you're asking so I'll leave that for another staffer to answer or for you to rephrase, but as for your second question that'd be fine. So long as she is the one who is doing the work on the fanlisting, updating, etc. Also, the website URL she provides has to be her own, and so long as she includes in the comments field that she's staying at a friends house who also applies for fanlistings that sound be fine. It's only when someone uses aliases and applies for quite a large number of fanlistings that we consider it a problem :furious:[/quote]
Thanks for your help. The first questions is just if I can use her donated buttons even if she doesn't remember who donated them.
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TAFL has no policy regarding this, it's up to your own judgement. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it. I would include the donated buttons and say that they were donated and that you don't have the URLs/names anymore and that if whoever donated wants to be credited they can e-mail you *shrugs*
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oh well, this is the first time in more than a year that something like that happened to me ,so before doing anything else I though in asking first ^^u
today (beetwen 3-5pm) I lost (though not confirmed yet by the host company) all my DBs information and because of that fact, all my fanlistings have sql problems (they can't conect, either approve or email members). I've inmediatly requested assistance from my host company and still waiting an answer/solution. Meanwhile if what i fear most is confirmed, which means if I my Dbs have actually been erased, I still have my backup so there's no major lost either in that matter.
my wondering is if I should send a contact form with details of my fls and probably hostees under each category or there is some easy way like a general email ,or even direct staffers email ,to send them a message with each category separated and well detailed?
My fear there is getting a certain amount of fls in troubles, when this problem is out of my hands, at least for this moment .
thank a lot for your time! :furious:
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I would think that the best idea would be to submit a contact form (http://\"http://animefanlistings.org/contactus.php\") for each category that you have fanlistings under. If you want to submit for your hostees also, for something like this that'd be ok (typically you shouldn't submit forms for other people, but as you're not changing information this'll be fine) and just include which fanlistings are in that category and the URL to this post, for example, something like this:
Hi,
My domain is currently having database errors, as explained here:
http://board.animefanlistings.org/index.php?showtopic=9045 (http://\"http://board.animefanlistings.org/index.php?showtopic=9045\")
The fanlistings in your category that are affected by this are:
- fanlisting 1
- fanlisting 2
etc...
If you could please not put these fanlistings on troubles for the time being I would really appriciate it! I'll keep you updated on the database issues, and thank you for your time :x
I would then say to e-mail the staffers weekly (though it shouldn't take more than two weeks, I would think) to let them know what's up or when the issue is resolved to say that everything's fine :furious:;
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Thanks. That's all I needed to know.
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thank you so much Kylara :x
wua! everything is back to normal *luv support service :furious: * however, it was a nice explanation I will keep it as future reference, even if I hope don't have to use it ^^u
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Name = Liz
E-mail = [email removed]Show? = No
Website = www.suckmyballs.nl
Country = Netherlands
Comments = Fuck you!
Should I? o.o;
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Well at least they gave you a name :blush:
Last month I got this one:
Name: Qweasdzxc
Email: lOl9998877@hotmail.com
Country: United States
and I added them :lol:
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you have to add everyone with a valid email address....just don't link to the website if you don't want to :blush:
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[quote name='Shell' post='147189' date='Apr 14 2006, 09:51 PM']you have to add everyone with a valid email address....just don't link to the website if you don't want to :blush:[/quote]
Haha, okay then. Thanks for the reply!
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I have an issue where apparently somone keeps using someone else's e-mail address to sign up for one of my fanlistings. The person keeps replying to the Enthusiast generated e-mails, saying that she does not wish to be part of it. I have replied a couple of times stating that I have removed her, and that someone else is using her e-mail. However, that person keeps doing that.
What should I do about this, since this person seems to be getting more and more annoyed each time.
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If you wanted you could probably e-mail them and say something along the lines of
Hi -name-,
I know you've been getting quite a few e-mails from me about you joining my fanlistings that you have not joined. I'm not sure what I can do at this point other than if you would let me know that you have no desire to join any of my fanlistings at this time I can delete any future join forms from this e-mail address. Of course, if you decided to join any of them later on you could e-mail me to let me know, and I would make sure you would be added to that fanlisting.
Other than that, there's nothing I can do about you getting the e-mails saying you've joined if it's someone else using your e-mail address. You could set up filters, perhaps, to put all of the e-mails from my address into the trash, or change e-mail addresses, but there is nothing I can personally do.
Sorry about the problems with this!
-your name-
Unless, of course, someone else has any ideas, but I really don't know of anything you can do. If you got her to say that she didn't want to join any of your fanlistings, there shouldn't be an issue with you deleting her when she gets added. Meep, hopefully someone else has an idea for you, but I'm afraid that's all I can think of <3
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Thanks Kylara. I'll copy your template, and keep it stored in case it happens again. X_X
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Finaly ^^u I'm converting most of my fanlistings into Enth3, but as I'm currently owning a fair amount of fanlistings I prefered avoiding error pages and DB errors /hate when i get a 404 error page ^^u/ this is why I put up a "Temporary Hiatus" templated page for index page in each FL being converted (as this one (http://\"http://fan.dokkasou.net/oboro\")).
My wonder is: Is it enough with explaining with this kind of page why the FL is currently down and for a short period of time along a post on downtime & host troubles (http://\"http://board.animefanlistings.org/index.php?showtopic=9645&view=getnewpost\") subforum, or do I need to email each category staffer to let they know o.ó? (because I want to avoid any troubles strike of course v.v)
thanks for your help :yes:
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You need to provide a date by which you'll be returning on the hiatus page. And it can't be for an extended period of time (i.e., more than a month).
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I don't think it will take more than a couple of days, I've already setup everything I just need to add the code snippets to each fanlisting n.n. so, I can tell that on wednesday 26 they will be back-online. is that okay? (unless unexpected troubles v.v)
I've update my hiatus page with the return-date, thanks a lot Jackie :yes:
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Ok, i keep getting this for my Botan & Momiji fanlistings.
People are joining with names like "·Ò빫˾" and putting weird stuff in the comment box o.o;;
Like this
" ÈÕ±¾º£Ã÷·Ò빫˾ (http://www.academytrans.com)ÊÇÒ»¼Òרҵ»¯µÄ·Ò빫˾, ÓµÓÐһ֧רҵ»¯µÄ·Òë¶ÓÎé, ¿ÉÒÔ·ÒëÈ«Çò´ó²¿·Ö ÓïÑÔ, ÓµÓкܸߵķÒëËÙ¶È, ²¢ÇÒÔÚÈ«¹ú¸÷µØÉèÓб±¾©·Ò빫˾£¬ÉϺ£·Ò빫˾£¬¹ãÖÝ·Ò빫˾£¬ÉîÛÚ·Ò빫˾£¬ÄϾ©·
빫˾£¬º¼ÖÝ·Ò빫˾£¬Î人·Ò빫˾£¬¹ú¼Ê·Ò빫˾¡£¡£¡£ "
Is this spam? If it is spam, do i add them? :/
Thanks in advance :);;
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You're free to delete stuff like this, it's obviously a spam (hence the link). Probably one of the blog-comment spambots trying it's hand at a fanlisting. :/
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[quote name='Danielle' post='150817' date='May 1 2006, 01:01 PM']You're free to delete stuff like this, it's obviously a spam (hence the link). Probably one of the blog-comment spambots trying it's hand at a fanlisting. :/[/quote]
Ok! Thanks Danielle! :)
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Hiya,
I've been wondering this for some time now. I'm pretty sure many of my fanlisting (http://\"http://forsaken-faith.org/sean\")'s members have changed their e-mail address since they join. Even so, could I delete a member if his/her e-mail address doesn't work anymore??? I mean, the person is probably still a fan, but since there is no more way to contact him/her... What should I do? Delete those members anyway? Or keep them? Thanks :P
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I've always kept the member no matter what. It is their responsibility to update their information and keep things current, but unless they tell you they want to be removed, I just leave it be. As long as your site is listed at tafl, they'll be able to find it. :P
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T.T it's already scarring me just thinking about go and check about 1400+ members just in Enth3 fls ^^;;
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[quote name='Mitzrael' post='152068' date='May 7 2006, 09:54 PM']T.T it's already scarring me just thinking about go and check about 1400+ members just in Enth3 fls ^^;;[/quote]
Yeah. x.x I've got about 3,000 right now. *so putting off checking* The easy way, though, is just to send an email and have everyone reply to it. But... ahem. Mailbox flood? Yes. :P
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You can remove members who have *invalid or non-existent e-mails*. You shouldn't remove members who simply have full inboxes. Also make sure that your host allows you to send out the e-mails - some hosts don't permit you to mail out more than 100 or 200 e-mails per hour.
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This might sound rather silly, but I was wondering how the board chooses which smileys to put on. I'm not saying I don't like them, because heck, I overuse them all the time. But TFL has a lot more choices, and I figured the two boards were pretty much the same in terms of features... I like the party one, and the judge one, and the crying one just because it actually looks really sad... *rambles on and on*
Basically, I'm suggesting we add more smileys. :x
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I'll uh... put it on my list. @_@;; [goes back to work]
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Haha thanks! :x <3
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Thought I should post here, seeing as it deals with more than one place <3
If I applied for a relationship and rivalry, it would be considered okay, as long as both have seperate members lists.
If I applied for that same fanlisting at TFL in Games, say....... Would it still be okay, or am I not allowed to do that?
I wanted to ask, because I love their rivalry far more than the relationship (I don't even think they like each other a little bit o_o ), but their game appearance is more recognisable to most. But the Games category no longer has the rivalry open. So yeah, just really wondering if it would be okay. If I've confused anyone, let me know, I sometimes do that :flower:
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What if instead of having two separate lists, you made one list with an extra field asking if the person likes the rivalry or the positive relationships better? That's allowed for TAFL listings, and I've seen a lot of people do it with TFL listings for relationships where the people joining may prefer one over the other, specially with rels/rils that were merged after the rule change.
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Taken from the application form on the Relationships page:
Crosslisting between the Rivalries and Relationships category is not allowed. The same rivalry fanlisting may be approved under Relationships, but only in the condition that it will be treated as a separate fanlisting; potential members must be able to choose whether or not they will join the rivalry or relationship (platonic/romantic) fanlisting.
This would go for everything, not just Relationship & Rivalry fanlistings :flower: There is more than one Kingdom Hearts fanlisting in the Rels. category that I've sent e-mails to about this as they have crosslisted with games at TFL.
You can have fanlistings for similar subjects at the same website (Angela does a wonderful job of it here (http://\"http://dxm.aking-mahal.net/fanlistings.php\"), hopefully she won't mind me using it as a refrence <3), but you need to treat it as two seperate fanlistings, meaning seperate join forms, seperate members lists, etc...
I know in the past there are have been fanlistings that just use one members list and give members a choice of which to join but I've never seen it done correctly, as there really shouldn't be a 'fan of both' option. Members should join twice if they're a fan of two things. The fanlistings that are already like this aren't forced to change, but new ones really should be made the correct way. Hopefully that helps :)
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Thank you both for your replies!
As soon as I've finished my upcoming fanlisting, I'll be applying for the subject at both ends. I'll also be using two seperate join/members forms for the two. Thanks! :flower:
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Is it okay to plug non TAFL fanlistings on these boards instead of TFL's? It feels like no one at TFL ever knows what I'm talking about when I plug them there. :D
A few people comment on my J-pop fanlistings there, but I made a relationship fanlisting from the live action movie NANA (since someone already owns the TAFL one) and I don't think most people over there have even heard of NANA.
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From the Board Guidelines (http://\"http://board.animefanlistings.org/index.php?act=boardrules\"):
2) Individual posts solely promoting non-TAFL fanlistings are inappropriate and will be deleted (with possible warning of posters if it becomes a blatant disregard to the rule). If you are promoting all your fanlistings in one post which individually lists all your fanlistings (including non-TAFL fanlistings), that is allowed.
So no, it's not allowed. Sorry about that. :D
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Guh. TT-TT
Okay, thanks though!
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You know what you could do, though, is link to them in your board signature. :D I mean, don't go overboard, but you could list them as your most recently opened or updated.
(But seriously, don't go overboard with it! XD)
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Ahh, good idea! & well, at least a few people on the TFL boards recognized it, so I'm happy now. :D
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Hi,
On 14th of June the SEED Stargazer ONA will be released (more info (http://\"http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6378\")).
I was wondering where one would have to apply for an Original Net Anime (ONA) such as Stargazer? My opinion leans toward the Series category myself, because it has 3 episodes. I'm not entirely sure though. :hyper:
*TOTALLY NOT TEMPTED BY THE AWESOME PROMO* :/
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Hello,
I am wondering if it is okay for me to join the fanlisting that I am creating? I added myself for testing purposes, but do I now delete myself or do I stay on there?
Thanks...
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It would make sense to join the fanlisting your fan of, either be owned or from someone else :/.
in my personal opinion, if you own a fanlisting that mean you're a fan of the subject so, you have to join it :hyper:
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*Agrees with Mitz* I never understood people not joining their own fanlistings :hyper:
It really is your decision, but why wouldn't you join? You're creating it because you love the subject after all :hyper: :/
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It never occured to me that it was a problem (in fact I always thought it was natural); I'm a member of all the fanlistings I own. :/
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I actually find it very off-putting when I go to visit a brand new fanlisting, and I see "0 members". Generally my line of thinking is that the owner can't be that big a fan if they don't join themselves... until now it never occurred to me that some people thought you weren't supposed to. :/
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Ditto what Mura says; I am always puzzled by seeing a 0 members fanlisting.. I am the first, proud, fan of all my own owned fanlistings! :P
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I agree. I always join my owned fanlistings - I own them, which means I have to be a fan, right? :P
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Same here, I never understand a fanlisting with 0 members. If you didn't want to join it, why did you build it? ^^;;;
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Thanks everyone! I will keep myself on the list then. Yay!
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I hope you don't mind if I revive this topic. I've been getting a lot of new members from Serbia/Montenegro that seem to be more like spam bots. Is it possible to just delete those or would you like to see the applications? =\
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I can't remember if I gave them my email address in the application forms for two of my fanlistings... what do I do?
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Pretty much every example I've seen of Serbia/Montenegro has been spam so no, no evidence necessary. Use your best judgement... if it seems like a spam, there's a pretty good chance it IS a spam. (And that's what I do, too, with my fanlistings.)
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Moved to a more appropriate forum, where "any staffer" *can* answer your question. ^^;
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Could you link me to there please Danielle?
EDIT: I got there on my own. Haha. But thanks anyway Danielle.
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When you have questions about your applications there are a few things you can do.
1. Fill out a 'contact' form for the categories your applications were sent to (contact forms are found here (http://\"http://www.animefanlistings.org/contactus.php\"))
or
2. Post a query in the board forums for the categories your applications were sent to (category forums are found here (http://\"http://board.animefanlistings.org/index.php?showforum=14\"))
Whichever way you do it please make sure to give the following information to the staffer so they can best answer your question.
Your Name:
Your Email:
Subject of Applcation:
Approximately when you sent the app
Hope that answers your question B)
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Thanks Shell. You rockk. B)
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Recently I got two pending members, but they are both actually the same person with 2 different email addresses. They have the same URL, and on that URL I can see both email addresses. My question is, am I supposed to approve him/her both times? Or should I just approve one email and delete the other?
I'm sorry if this question was already asked before. :P
Edit: Ack, I just realized I used the same title that was used before in another topic. That wasn't intentional! B)
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maybe he/she wanted to update his/her information but still was on the approval queue...o.o?
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I don't think that was the case. She (I'm assuming by her name) first joined in the 9th, then again today. Maybe she just forgot that she had joined the day before? B) It doesn't say anything in the comments field, so I don't know whether to approve both or just the latest one. :P
Oh, I was also just asking the question in general, but I guess the answer depends on each specific situation...
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Do the names just about match? If so, you can probably delete one of them. If the names are different look at the website to see if it's maintained by more than one person; if the website is only maintained by one person you can probably delete one of them also. In any case, if you delete a member, I would send a polite e-mail to that person/alias to let them know you've deleted them and why; that way, if they really are two seperate people and you made a mistake they know you weren't just deleting them for something odd, and they know to rejoin :D
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Ah, okay, I know what to do now. ^_^ Thanks a bunch, Kylara! :D
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Yep, no problem :D
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Yeah, bit of a dilema. Basically, I own the TAFL approved fanlisting for Sora & Roxas (http://\"http://xemnas.net/sorasu\"), but today I received a code donation for it. HOWEVER..... The code is from the game, NOT the manga, and the code simply says 'Roxas x Sora' on it.
Question is, do I add it, and if I did add it, would it get me on troubles? :D
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I don't know if that would qualify you for troubles, but it seems a little silly and confusing for people who are visiting. Is there a TFL listing for the same relationship? If so, I would just thank the person for the code but explain that your fanlisting pertains to only the manga--just to be safe. :D
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My fanlistings have recently been moved to a new domain, but I am wishing to switch e-mails when I submit the moved forms. Would I have to change the e-mails first and then submit them? Or should I indicate in the moved form that I am using a new e-mail, but not giving the fanlisting to someone else? My apologies if that sounded confusing in any way. I'm just not sure what I should do. I'm hoping to submit all the forms before I land on the troubles lists in the fanlistings respective categories. Feel free to move this if I have posted it in the wrong section. Thanks!
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Go ahead and submit both URL and email changes in one update form - just, like you said, mention in the comments form that it is a new email address but not a new owner. :D
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Hmm, I am new to the world of FL's, but I would think there is nothing stopping the person from using that code on their website, or people who look at that person's collective from using it to link you as well. However, I don't know if using it will land you on troubles or not. It gets confusing when there are multiple formats for a character or relationship (ie: manga vs game vs movie versions).
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I'm not too sure if this is the right thread. >>; One of my fanlistings recently got a member whose email address was "-removed-@hotmailit" (no period anywhere after the @). Is hotmail.it an actual email extension, or should I change the email to .com and proceed to add the member? I'm not too sure how the person even joined because I thought Enth3 checked for valid addresses, but I guess that happens when you try to add someone, and not when they join..? I'd like some suggestions. ^_^
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[quote name='Aya' post='165579' date='Aug 4 2006, 11:50 PM']I'm not too sure how the person even joined because I thought Enth3 checked for valid addresses,[/quote]
About that: It doesn't matter if someone puts "blahblah@blah.com" (I've tried that when I was making sure my Enth was working, once), as long as that email address is already in the database. So don't relay Enth to check for "valid" email address ^_^
About your email thing. It might be a typo (that there actually is a hotmail.it, but the person misspelled it), or someone was trying to be funny :\
Anyways, hope you find an answer soon <3
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Honestly, you can probably do whatever you like and have it be ok ^_^ As is, they did not submit a valid e-mail address, typo or not, and so you can delete them if you want to. Otherwise, you can change it to either hotmail.it or hotmail.com and hope it's their e-mail address (you could always e-mail both addresses and hope to get a response). Your last option would be to list them with the e-mail address as it is--while you can require e-mail addresses you do not need them. You can list members without e-mail addresses, just most people tend not to. I have one or two members on my fanlistings that don't have e-mail addresses; it doesn't happen often but it is ok. Feel free to do whatever you're most comfortable with :)
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Thanks for the replies, you two! I'll keep all that in mind and decide what to do later. ^_^