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09-29-2010 11:16:27 AM
See this announcement:
http://utalk.att.com/t5/Announcements/Upcoming-new
If you have any questions or concerns about the new forum encompassing Wireless, DSL and U-Verse please post them here. I will answer whatever I can, and make sure any questions I don't know the answer to are forwarded to the right people. I will be with you through the move - so no worries!
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09-29-2010 11:23:34 AM

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09-29-2010 06:44:58 PM
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
I could care less about wireless. Oh well.![]()
Wendy....do I read correctly what you are saying....that you will be with us through the change BUT.....not after?
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09-29-2010 08:27:37 PM
If I am reading the announcement correctly, our utalk logins will no longer be used. Instead we will access the forums using our AT&T account/password information.
Is my understanding correct?
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09-29-2010 08:43:59 PM
I'm not going anywhere, so no worries. The moderators are going to each stay with their respective communities. I'm still getting details on how it will work if you already have multiple accounts (ie one here, one on wireless, one on DSL) and I think if you used the same email address you will be using your Wireless account. I do need to double check on that and get back to you though.
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09-29-2010 11:07:43 PM
No more Weekly OTs with just our group? ![]()

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09-30-2010 07:32:33 AM
I'm pretty sure were keeping our Lounge board within our group - so there's no reason the weekly OT's can't continue. I will double-check though.
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09-30-2010 08:48:09 AM
Thanks Wendy and I also wondered about the Lounge and WOTT thread. One of the things which makes U-talk so personable is having the Lounge and a place where we can go off topic. If indeed the idea of this merger is to turn us into a group of CS/TS reps don't believe it is going to work.
I know the policies/guidelines in the Wireless and DSL forums also seem to be much more strict. The mods tend to much more like enforcers and going OT is often prohibited. Wonder if the whole U-talk atmosphere is going to change where we are also going to be held to a stricter set of guidelines?
When the mods prior to Trey tried to rule U-talk with a "heavy hand" we lost some very good long-term members. If our posts are going to again be edited/deleted for unknown reasons I'd expect more members to flee. Hate to even bring this time period of the forum to light but it was fairly obvious it didn't work.
It is my understanding AT&T employees are permitted to post in the Wireless Forum. Does this mean once U-talk falls under the Wireless Forum employees will also be able to post on U-talk?
Will the U-talk ranks, and requirements, stay the same or do you expect them to be changed?
I realize you may not have all these answers Wendy but thanks ahead of time for any input you can offer.

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09-30-2010 12:49:19 PM
Employees are not allowed to post in the Wireless forum.. When we do we get the same private message stating thanks for your help but.....
The lounge in the Wireless is not as enjoyable to me as this one.
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09-30-2010 06:45:16 PM
Don't know how long you've been on the Wireless forum, but they WERE ALLOWED TO POST and disclosed themselves as such. Were allowed ATT avatars as well at one time.
edit--but you have ID'd yourself there?
02-09-2010 06:44:52 AM
The Employee and Partner Participation section of the AT&T Forum Guidelines was recently updated. Please note that AT&T employees participating in the forums will now be disclosing their employment status while participating on the forums. Please feel free to review the AT&T Forum Guidelines.
Unfortunately, I didn't screenshot what was there previously in the Forum Guidelines, but it now shows:
Employee Participation
Employees of AT&T or companies that do business with AT&T may only participate in the Community Forums in a personal capacity and not as representatives of AT&T or their respective employers. Employees of AT&T are subject to the AT&T Code of Business Conduct, the AT&T’s Social Media Standards and Procedures and all other AT&T policies governing their use of internal and external web sites.
I will agree with you that nothing is as enjoyable over there.
Hope Utalk doesn't die a slow death with the same killjoy attitude as Wireless.
lyttlebit66 wrote:
Employees are not allowed to post in the Wireless forum.. When we do we get the same private message stating thanks for your help but.....
The lounge in the Wireless is not as enjoyable to me as this one.

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10-01-2010 04:14:33 AM
Noticed a change a little while ago--number of Tags per item are now showing on the front page. That is just like the Wireless site.
Another question:
Will TAGGING by all Ranks still be allowed on Utalk?
On the Wireless forum, they only allow CLs that honor.
And as a result, they don't have many Tags.
But I know the Wireless forum is WAY behind UT in adding Tagging and also CLs!
I'm REALLY surprised they allow people over there to post a Thank You just for receiving a Kudo!

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10-01-2010 11:12:48 PM
Hey, where did RCs post go? I saw it in my email, but now it is gone? More forum wonkiness?

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10-03-2010 10:33:35 PM
It seems about every 4th post someone will reply with "Where are you located?" or "What market are you in?".
Since your location is in your profile, if filled out, could location be displayed somewhere under the avatar by default?
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10-04-2010 04:49:23 PM
Its going to be interesting to see how things flow around here after the merge. Will there still be CLs in the forum?

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10-04-2010 10:21:22 PM
They have CLs on the Wireless forum, though quite some time AFTER UV got them. Our Mods are special. ![]()

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10-07-2010 04:15:22 PM
Edit to my prior post about Tagging, apparently it is allowed by certain Ranks (not just CLs).
One last question before the big day, are we still going to be called
U-talk?

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10-07-2010 08:40:46 PM
We'll see soon enough, it should be going through overnight tonight. I'll be on early in the morning to see how everything is going.
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10-07-2010 08:47:50 PM
OK, see ya there! ![]()

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10-08-2010 04:10:17 PM

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10-08-2010 11:34:38 PM
And is that surprising at all spd? Remember all the problems when they redisgned Utalk w/o bothering to ask us about some of the things they did and had to be fixed because Lithium thought they knew better. ![]()
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10-08-2010 11:43:30 PM
Yeah, like it was yesterday. Wireless was locked since midnight yesterday and all day after that. Is it just totally closed up over there? DSL is the same, but dead-as-a-doornail as usual. ![]()

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10-09-2010 05:17:42 AM - edited 10-09-2010 05:25:50 AM
Guess they are still working on it...but why is my color and rank WRONG/demoted? ![]()
edit--OTHER RANKS ARE INCORRECT/DEMOTED AS WELL!! People have lost their colors and are even being called New Users!!
(Computer Joe is one example.)
Missing:
- Image Gallery
- Bookmarks
- Email Subs.
- Custom Avatar (Wireless still has theirs)
- Siggys
- PMs
- Friends
Just to name a few...and EVERYTHING IS MARKED AS UNREAD!!!
Was this whole exercise just because a few on Wireless complained about the special siggys we had here?
BTW, I had to request a new password, the UT one didn't work, nor the DSL or Wireless ones.
You can turn off the Twit(ter) feed; some posts have *offensive* (to ATTs word filter) language.
Good luck, boys & girls, I'M DONE! ![]()
edit--now we have the Wireless Word Filter for Utalk...don't use naughty words in your PMs or posts, but feel free to see bi*tch in the Twit feeds.

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10-09-2010 05:28:41 AM - edited 10-09-2010 08:20:12 AM
spd2demun wrote:
Guess they are still working on it...but why is my color and rank WRONG/demoted?
Missing:
- Image Gallery
- Bookmarks
- Email Subs.
- Custom Avatar (Wireless still has theirs)
- Siggys
- PMs
- Friends
Just to name a few...and EVERYTHING IS MARKED AS UNREAD!!!
Was this whole exercise just because a few on Wireless complained about the special siggys we had here?
BTW, I had to request a new password, the UT one didn't work, nor the DSL or Wireless ones.
You can turn off the Twit(ter) feed; some posts have *offensive* (to ATTs word filter) language.
Good luck, boys & girls, I'M DONE!
Ya, this is totally [text removed - keep it courteous]. They wiped all my user stats. Says I'm a new user. You can add Kudos to that list SPD.
This is typical AT&T. Why pay to have three forums when you can just mash everything into a big steaming pile of you-know-what.

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10-09-2010 05:51:36 AM
Would love to help you out, but I can't Edit my post now (no 24-hr. window).
Kudos Leaderboard is missing.
Now says I've read 127 messages, when I can tell you it was a whole lot more!
So, that's the problem, the Stats got wiped, so Ranks changed!
It appears that all the time the Regulars put in have been erased except for Post count.
Information that has been RESET:
- Total Page Views (233)
- Total Messages Read (135)
- Board Topics Started
- Board Replies
- Board Views (25)
- Total Logins (3)
- Total Min. Online (7)
- Total Tags
Yeah, that sounds like over 3.5 yrs. of work! Thanks! ![]()

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10-09-2010 05:55:32 AM
Try and relax - we knew there were going to be issues with the merger. Over the next week or so we'll try and get everything figured out. Certain stats didn't transfer over, and everything is marked as unread because this is basically a new forum. It should be fairly easy to figure out what has been posted since this morning and then choose "Board Options > Mark all as read". That's what I'm doing. ![]()
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10-09-2010 07:05:54 AM
But marking All Read isn't the same as Reading.
SomeJoe, who is now 7777_1, had over 2K Kudos and now they're gone?
We had Kudos (& CLs) BEFORE Wireless, so why not have them join UT and they could start over?

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10-09-2010 09:41:10 AM
spd2demun wrote:
Guess they are still working on it...but why is my color and rank WRONG/demoted?
edit--OTHER RANKS ARE INCORRECT/DEMOTED AS WELL!! People have lost their colors and are even being called New Users!!
(Computer Joe is one example.)
At least you are not a "New User". LOL

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10-09-2010 11:49:38 AM
While this may seem like a duplicate in posting here believe it was necessary to give the administrator (Lingoes) some feedback on the announcement.
http://forums.att.com/t5/Announcements/New-Forums-

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10-09-2010 12:00:47 PM
I say give them a week and see if stats, kudos, and other info begins to show up. This is still really early in the merge. And we all know all of the past times when new changes were made, how they were usually accompanied by undesireable side effects. When my kudos count dropped by over 100 I was told that the count was accurate. I thought, maybe it will get resolved, but it didn't. Now lots of info isn't showing up, all kudos are gone, post counts have changed, titles have changed. Maybe in a week everything will start straigtening out. And in a mont we will all be happy camnpers again. Just a thought.

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10-09-2010 04:42:54 PM
So how to I reclaim my user name? For some reason, now my user name has a _1 tacked on at the end.








