Site Downtime (May 2016)

Equinox · Post Post #17 (isolation #0) » Tue May 17, 2016 3:30 am

In post 15, BNL wrote:Also apparently there was a temporary forum where MS people went to when the site was down, and I was uninformed about it? :(

Yes. For future reference, that temporary forum is here. There are also a few social media avenues where you can find that link or mass panic when the site goes down (e.g., Twitter, Reddit, Facebook).

Equinox · Post Post #23 (isolation #1) » Tue May 17, 2016 4:04 am

In post 22, BNL wrote:How long will the temporary forum be used now that the site is back up?

The temporary forum has been there since 2009. It will presumably become dormant, as all good bunkers do, until the next time we fail in our vigilance against the tiger threat.

Equinox · Post Post #64 (isolation #2) » Thu May 19, 2016 6:43 am

If I'm remembering correctly, the Donations page used to be more visible due to mith posting financial statements periodically. He hasn't had the time to do that recently, so the idea that the site needs money to run has fallen by the wayside somewhat.

A relatively easy(?) fix would be to fix a "Donate" link in the header, next to "Search."