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A Show I Added to the site has disappeared?
posted by RoySTAFFMOD on September 16, 2018 at 7:46 AM
Hey guys,
On august 24, 2018 I've added the upcoming reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. to the site. I can still see it in my edit history, but when I want to go to the page, I get the message: Oops!—We can't find the page you're looking for. Did someone delete this? And if so, why?? I've edited many series, but if they can get deleted by others without giving me any notice, I find that very annoying. I don't like to do the work for nothing.... :/
Reply by Banana
on September 16, 2018 at 8:53 PM
Hi @renzoroy,
I suspect the Buffy reboot/sequel was removed because it was added too soon. Since a lot of American television pilots made each year are never released or turned into a series, we recommend waiting until the pilot is ordered to series to add it to the database.
We have a new notification system for deleted film and television entries. The creator of newly delete entries now receives a private message notifying them of the deletion. The message includes the general reason for the deletion and allows user to send their questions directly to the mod who deleted the entry. It doesn't prevent the deletion, but at least contributors can now know when and why their entries are deleted.
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 16, 2018 at 9:29 PM
And just one more small detail for clarification, the new notification system was rolled out around 10 days ago. So only deletions since ~Sept. 6 or so have been getting notified. If you didn't get a notification, it means that it was removed before then.
Reply by Roy
on September 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM
Ok, thanx guys :)