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Exemptus
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Username showing as Anonymous after submission

#1 Post by Exemptus »

What it says on the tin: just noticed it today after submitting a map. My username was displayed correctly on the "Logged in as Exemptus" box, but the submission and comment are displayed as Anonymous. Maybe a recent change has broken something?
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#2 Post by Mr Creosote »

Thanks for reporting this. Indeed, I have a good idea what could be causing this. Do you have the exact links to these items?

@all webmasters, admins, please don't correct them, don't process, don't touch for now.
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#3 Post by Exemptus »

The comment is the one on https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2 ... C+The.html
There's a map submitted for that same game, but I can't access the link because it's not in my submission's queue any longer (I guess it got added to the Anonymous queue).
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#4 Post by Strident »

Yeah, I've noticed this for your latest map submission (which I will add but leave in the queue for diagnostic reasons).

A map that OVL submitted a day or so ago was also tagged Anonymous. I knew it was theirs because of the style they use (like I could spot yours instantly) so added it with the appropriate credit.
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#5 Post by Strident »

Just checked and my comment on the same game shows under my username, where Exemptus' doesn't (shows as anonymous).

Will leave that comment in place for now for diagnostic purposes.
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#6 Post by Mr Creosote »

Alright, I've checked and deployed a code change which I hope will avoid this issue in the future. Cannot really 100% confirm it, though. I have re-attributed the comment to Exemptus. Feel free to also remove the submission from the queue once processed.

Should this sort of thing occur again, please alert immediately!
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#7 Post by Alastair »

A quick comment test (since deleted) on a random game was attributed correctly to me so I guess things are back to normal. However the recent activity page credits Anonymous for rating The Eleventh Hour, is this correct or is this another attribution error?
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#8 Post by Exemptus »

It's an error, that was me too. Thanks all for fixing the snag, by the way.
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#9 Post by Mr Creosote »

I re-attributed the rating of The Eleventh Hour.

There are a number of "anonymous" ratings remaining:

Adventure in Time and Space (Anonymous, 26-02-2025 19:20)
Castle Adventure (Anonymous, 23-02-2025 23:39)
Terrors of Trantoss, The (Anonymous, 23-02-2025 07:57)
Empire of the Over-Mind (Anonymous, 23-02-2025 04:14)
Damned Castle, The (Anonymous, 21-02-2025 21:34)
Bronx (Anonymous, 21-02-2025 20:13)

Any indication who that could have been?
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#10 Post by Alastair »

I reckon the problem occurred after DannieGeeko rated a couple of games on the 27th (else why would they be credited to DannieGeeko?) so any game rated by Anonymous before then should be genuine.
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#11 Post by Mr Creosote »

The site doesn't allow for anonymous ratings, so that cannot be right.
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#12 Post by Alastair »

Mr Creosote wrote: Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:46 pm The site doesn't allow for anonymous ratings, so that cannot be right.
So who is https://solutionarchive.com/profile/id%2C1/ ?
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#13 Post by Mr Creosote »

It must be a bug. User IDs are shared with the forum, and here: memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1 - it doesn't exist.
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#14 Post by Alastair »

I don't know if it is related but when an account is activated and neither myself nor Jacob activates the account manually, "Anonymous" is shown as activating the account.
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#15 Post by Strident »

OVL's latest map contribution (added today) is showing as "anonymous".
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