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petemcd85
Member since Jun-11-21 · Last seen Nov-14-23

Hello all,
I joined CG as an administrator, editor & front-end developer. I will start helping CG with administrative/editor tasks such as making sure tournaments and their bio's are complete and up-to-date, reading forums to help list and prioritize tasks at hand.
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1. Has the problem with the duplicates caused by the Nbd2 bug been rectified?
petemcd85 chessforum (kibitz #367)
2. Find Deletions script
(seems to be a bug thats not adding all deletions are added to deletion page)
3. Empty Vote on Collections
stevemcd87 chessforum
4. Random game feature sometimes comes up with a non-existing game.
* Find out which game feature he's talking about. GTM?
chessgames.com chessforum
5. Plaintext passwords - Update the way CG stores user's passwords, perhaps add a Forgot Password link.
6. Missing "notable games" and "notable tournaments" from player - <Jess> stevemcd87 chessforum We are setting up the old servers to use as a testing platform. It will help to debug this issue.
7. Opening Explorer keeps reverting to white pieces when analyzing black pieces
8. I found a problem with the search function.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40034)
9. filter to show classical games only on players page.
10. waddayaplay: Dear chessgames.com
On some positions in the opening explorer, it doesn't work to flip the board at all Opening Explorer
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40362)
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1. arrange kibitzer cafe per year
2. Games that are not uploaded due to 'games being to short' should be added.
3. Automate Olga Viewer to PGN4WEB for 'null move games', 960 games(done)
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #39652)
4. Can a button be added to the Olga toolbar to get a link to a position in the game, etc.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #39870)
5. From the Database Statistics page, this is a bit ugly:Years covered: 0 to 2023 (2024 years)
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #39938)
6. Could <CG> please add a <Source Icon> to games in its gamelist?
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #39871)
7. Apply "Jump to page #" in the players individual libraries.
chessgames.com chessforum
8. To see puns that Chessgames.com has used in the past, see our Game of the Day Archive. The link just takes you to the homepage, which only goes back a year. It'd be really nice to have a link to <Phony Benoni's> Game Collection on a couple prominent spots, including the homepage and the pun submission page.
chessgames.com chessforum
9. the GOD collection has not been updated since September 12th. Again, why can't this be put on auto-pilot?
chessgames.com chessforum
10. We need to update the Opening Explorer to recognize newly uploaded games
11. creation of templates to automatically generate cross tables for tournaments (whether SRR, DRR or Swiss) and results/progressive scores for matches
chessgames.com chessforum
12. adding a position evaluation bar along the side of the chess bar. Example of evaluation bar.
https://www.youtube.com/live/q3klfY...
13. Please, allow an option have an ignore-list for collections too.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40218)
14. When viewing one's <Profile> for follow-up posts <CG> uses a star to mark threads where someone has posted after your last post, no matter who.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40266)
15. stone free or die: Can we please at least add the FIDE card for new players from the get-go - if available of course:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/kil...
16. stone free or die: The entire submission process should be revamped, and I think made more transparent to review.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40277)
17. stone free or die: So, while I accept not being able to vote on a collection - I can't even see what collection was nominated, nor what the vote count is.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40291)
18. I want to create links, probably housed in my profile, but regardless. I want to create a link to a specific move in the Opening Explorer. I want to be able to attach a name of my choosing to said link.
chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #40330)
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1. Would like to add two columns to the games table:
a) Is game available in GTM
b) What type of game it is. Rapid, Blitz or Classical
chessgames.com chessforum

<Live Games Enhancements:>
1. Number of comments not updating.

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   petemcd85 has kibitzed 303 times to chessgames [more...]

   Aug-29-23 chessgames.com chessforum

petemcd85: <MissScarlett: Need the rest of the games from The World Rapid Team Championship (2023). The sheer volume precludes my easily doing it by cut andpaste.> https://www.chessgames.com/editor.h... ? Still missing a few games. Give me a little bit to figure out which ones are ...

   Aug-27-23 petemcd85 chessforum

petemcd85: <jnpope: I suspect you can easily add a PID box and "Get PID" button to trigger the Player editing pop-up.> We're in the process of adding the "Get PID" button on the editors page for player editing and updates. I'll inform you once this feature is ready. Thanks

   Aug-05-23 Susan Freeman chessforum

petemcd85: < virginmind: Hi! Can you please help with updating Bogdan Daniel Deac rating on his page here? Thanks. > Hello <virginmind> we are working on getting his rating updated, I will let you know once it's updated.

   May-08-23 Russian Team Chess Championships (2023)

petemcd85: <ultrausurper: Grischuk has actually won a game in this event, but it hasn't been included in this database yet.> Grischuk vs D Paravyan, 2023

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Aug-05-22		Check It Out: Hi <petemcd85>, could you please advise me where I could look for commercial awnings? Much appreciated if so!

Aug-05-22		petemcd85: Hello <Check It Out>. I'm no longer doing awnings. I would suggest googling awning companies near you.

Aug-05-22		stone free or die: Surely you might suggest a guideline or two for selecting... (I think <CIO> was asking in earnest, his snark factor is fairly low methinks)

Aug-05-22		petemcd85: Hello <stone free>, the guidelines are listed below: 1. No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 2. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. 3. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 4. Nothing in violation of United States law. 5. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. 6. No trolling. 7. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. Please read #7 carefully

Aug-05-22		ZoboBear 000000001: I think <stone free> was talking about <commerial awnings> and not kibitzing guidelines. The parenthetical about <CIO>=<Check It Out>'s original question would suggest as much. .

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: <Z>, your sock puppets have been getting out of hand. All of your sock puppets will be getting deleted soon and we will make sure you can't create anymore. Please control yourself, we are making plans in permanently banning the bad apples of CG.

Aug-05-22		ZoboBear 000000001: If you think I'm a bad apple then you haven't really been paying attention. But sure, you will have to deal with such cases as mine anyways. (Consider <George Wallace> vs. <Big Pawn> - at least I don't play the audience as fools)

Aug-05-22		nok: Please note <Z's> aliases are not sock puppets, as they're explicit -- he doesn't hide behind them. .

Aug-05-22		nok: This however, is a sock puppet. Susan Freeman chessforum (kibitz #335)

Aug-05-22		ZoboBear 000000001: Also <stevemcd87>, please don't over look this one: User: Z MANGEYENA OTOH - please be careful not to fold in any innocents. You might find that not all my accounts come from the same IP. Anyways - you'll figure it out. .

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: <Z> I didn't call you a bad apple. I found some of your comments helpful in the past but the sock puppets need to stop. <nok> It's against guideline #7. We give him probation and he just hops on another user. This also makes other users that want to ignore him to need to put the other 70 users on ignore also. <This however, is a sock puppet.> We are aware GW is a sock puppet also. Dealing with sock puppets is our top priority for next week. <Also <stevemcd87>, please don't over look this one: User: Z MANGEYENA OTOH - please be careful not to fold in any innocents. You might find that not all my accounts come from the same IP. Anyways - you'll figure it out.> I've noticed, this will be great practice

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: User: Z MANGEYENA This workaround will not work for much longer

Aug-05-22		Z MANGEYENA: Can't you tell the difference between racists socks and a few aliases meant for fun? If you want to spend gobs and gobs and gobs of your time playing whack-a-mole over the next year or two, or three, then no one can stop you. You can either delete racist accounts or you can waste your time deleting harmless aliases.

Aug-05-22		ZoboBear 000000001: https://youtu.be/wkj9h76Rb_Q?t=46 The aliases started due to the throttling algorithm getting gamed by sock armies (likely <bippy>'s). For the record, I never got banned, even once, before <Daniel> died. I might of had a handful of posts deleted, sure, but only a handful. Of course, times have changed. Anyways, I do object to the rollout you fellows did - no announcement of the changes (even if the original bans were just 4 hours). That's lacking due process. But I'm supposed to be banned now for what 72 hours? OK, I've had my say, and will serve my 3-day sentence. I'm interested to see how even-handed the dealings will be - and it might just be best for me to not be posting during the transition. .

Aug-05-22		Z MANGEYENA: No, I take that back. I got banned one time - once - when Daniel was alive, but it was only for a day. My point still stands, there was no due process.

Aug-05-22		ZoboBear 000000001: ust a minute here - <Z MANGEYENA> - you ain't part of the real Z deal. But if Z'm mistaken about being Z-banned, please post a link to back up such a claim. (Caveat Zemptor!) OK.... EOT

Aug-05-22		Z MANGEYENA: <ZoboBear 000000001: Just a minute here - <Z MANGEYENA> - you ain't part of the real Z deal. (Caveat Zemptor!) OK.... EOT> Nice try, <fred>, I bet you even fooled a few people, but in the end, you were found out. After all, Z Truth cannot be imitated.

Aug-05-22		Rdb: Admins listened to <fredthebear> and <Messiah> and have decided to make rogoffland pollution free . Look at <big pawn>/<George Wallace> now (who is 'buddy' of <fredthebear>) . Like I have said repeatedly - there are only 3 persons who do not want guidelines to be enforced on rogoffland viz <big pawn>/<George Wallace> and his buddies <diceman> , <Keyser soze> They want to use rogoffland as their personal toilet . And much worse. I suffered racist attacks by these three people for years and when <cg.com> allowed retaliation for racist attacks finally , i shut them up in no time by doing <Samuel Jackson> to them . If others also do <samual Jackson> to these three people , they will be fixed in no time . Either that or cg.com has to discipline them . That is the only way to fix these three people . And if you fix these three people , all will be good on rogoffland.

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: <Z>, <GW>/<BP> Susan agreed that 72hrs was a bit lengthy for "degrading CG's staff" and asked me to remove the probation. In the future, degrading CG's staff or any of it's editors will be strictly enforced, the probation time will increase exponentially for every repeated violation.

Aug-05-22		nok: Not all these are <Z> .

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: The most recent User: Z MANGEYENA is <GW>/<BP> . Creating a sock puppet is too easy, this issue will be fixed next week

Aug-05-22		stevemcd87: <Keyser Soze: <This also makes other users that want to ignore him to need to put the other 70 users on ignore also.> Thanks for someone finally pay attention to this So far I have those on my ignore: Z 000000010 Real Trump Dumped Z legend 000000011 Omnipotent00001 Z legend 000000010 Z legend of CG Z legend 000001000 THEADINTHE Z truth 000000011 realdumptrump Z legend 000000111 Trump Really Dumped trumpreallydumped Z legend 000000101 Z4all Z legend 000000001 Z MANGEYENA Trump Was Dumped Z truth 000000100 Z free or die Z legend 000000100 Z truth 000000001 Z truth 000000010 Z 000000011 ADIN Z 000000001 Z 000000101 Being a good chess player or a nice contributor of the site should not allow some people getting free pass to vandalize the site.>

Aug-05-22		Check It Out: Hi Pete, thanks, I've done the Google thing.

Aug-06-22		stone free or die: <Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury socks, not to praise them.> Like I've said many times, I do aliases - not sock puppets. There isn't any dirty trickery involved in using an alias - especially when the voice is as clearly identifiable as it is in the Z constellation. Socks, however, are an entirely different matter - they can be used for various nefarious ends - • To echoplex ("yes, brilliant elite posting"). • To carry on false, or staged, dialogues. • To spread disinformation, or to attempt to discredit (e.g. <Z MANGEYENA>. • To avoid suspensions. Please note, aliases don't do any of these, save for the last. (I will admit to doing so myself, on very limited occasions, for a very limited number of posts. I might elaborate in another post - but my main purpose in this post is to attempt to distinguish socks from aliases - and to name a couple of users who also have multiple accounts.) Since I've been singled out, I think I"m entitled to call out other users with multiple accounts - it's only fair after all. First and foremost - there is the <Big Pawn> constellation. As far as I know he has never admitted to any connection between these accounts - although he has on occasion tied his own shoelaces together by losing track of which account he's pretending to be... <big pawn george wallace (*) in the woodpile cassandro the kingfish mrs butterworth aunt jemima> https://webcache.googleusercontent.... (I've probably missed a half a dozen!) Those who pay attention well know the ends these accounts are used for - honesty and integrity don' come to mind. Another interesting case is <MissScarlett>, who is admittedly a sock of a different thread. <MissScarlett Redshield IndigoViolet Feldgrau Black Front JohnDahl AlanPardew AlphaMale Pepperpot ControlledDemolition BobCrisp JaneEyre MichAdams WMD> Paul Keres (kibitz #913) It's not exactly clear to me what <Missy> was up to with all these accounts - perhaps most of their usage pre-dated my arrival on <CG>. But I don't believe there has been a affirmation that they were alias accounts - which puts them more into the sock category. .

Aug-06-22		Rdb: Credit to admins. Finally some sanity/civility/order in rogoffland. I hope it lasts .

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