What happened to a former member here? « on: July 02, 2015, 02:05:29 PM » Author: themaritimegirl
It randomly occurred to me that migette1 hadn't posted anything in a long time. I went to the member list to see when was the last time he logged on, and I find his account is closed altogether. Anyone know why?
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #1 on: July 02, 2015, 04:08:36 PM » Author: Solanaceae
I noticed that too. I was trying to view his account in order to see when he was last active but it wouldn't let me.  I think Robert or someone said to me a while back that he was older man with health isues so he may have passed with that said.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #2 on: July 02, 2015, 04:27:14 PM » Author: themaritimegirl
That was my first thought, to be honest. He was indeed one of our oldest members. You'd think someone here would have been made aware of that, though.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #3 on: July 02, 2015, 04:40:08 PM » Author: Solanaceae
The latest comments I saw was in late December 2014.  How old was he?
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #4 on: July 02, 2015, 09:49:50 PM » Author: themaritimegirl
I think he's in his early 70s.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #5 on: July 02, 2015, 10:40:01 PM » Author: Solanaceae
He may have forgot his password or accidentally closed his account or the email he set his account up with.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #7 on: July 02, 2015, 11:11:25 PM » Author: Solanaceae
I don't know if the site closes accounts after so much time of inactivity, I'm just thinking hypothetically here.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #8 on: July 05, 2015, 02:50:55 AM » Author: DetroitTwoStroke
I was wondering about migette1's disappearance as well. Not long ago rjluna2 mentioned in a comment on a photo that migette1 had passed away, but when j-frog passed the admins sent an email letting us know. Whatever the situation is, it is sad to lose a good member.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #9 on: July 09, 2015, 08:16:04 AM » Author: randacnam7321
He also disappeared from YouTube some months back.  One of his last videos was on plans to transfer his collection to other collectors upon his passing.  He did say in it that he wasn't planning on going for some time yet but that it was something being considered, so there must have been something. Requescat In Pacem.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #10 on: July 09, 2015, 09:18:01 AM » Author: themaritimegirl
If that's actually the case, then that's a darn shame. It sounds like he arranged for someone else to close his Internet accounts upon his passing, but they didn't take the time to alert us, which is too bad.
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #12 on: August 03, 2015, 02:05:04 PM » Author: TL8W
Quote from: TheMaritimeMan on July 02, 2015, 02:05:29 PM It randomly occurred to me that migette1 hadn't posted anything in a long time. I went to the member list to see when was the last time he logged on, and I find his account is closed altogether. Anyone know why? I was housekeeping my PMs this evening when I came across one from him about a lamp swap two years ago. The sender is now listed as "guest",  http://www.lighting-gallery.net/index.php?action=profile;u=1263 Membership number was 1263, the account no longer exists suggesting it was closed by design rather than a forgotten password. How long does an account need to remain inactive on LG to become a redundant account and be deleted as such?
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	Re: What happened to a former member here? « Reply #13 on: August 03, 2015, 02:13:07 PM » Author: themaritimegirl
Quote from: TL8W on August 03, 2015, 02:05:04 PM How long does an account need to remain inactive on LG to become a redundant account and be deleted as such? They don't. We have a member who last logged on almost 10 years ago, and their account is still open. The only way his account would have closed is someone either logged onto the account and closed it themselves, or emailed Patrick and requested it be closed.
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