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Dec 2017
9:45pm, 20 Dec 2017
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McGoohan
Is this connected to the recent 'habit' of new profileless users signing up just so they can list an event? (e.g. Palestine Marathon)
Dec 2017
9:49pm, 20 Dec 2017
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While Raptor Knitted Socks by Night
Dunno. These events all appear to be genuine, with working links to the race websites, but they've been thrown on the map in random places.
Dec 2017
10:02pm, 20 Dec 2017
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ChrisHB
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Dec 2017
10:04pm, 20 Dec 2017
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Surrey Phil
I came across a couple of unnecessary duplicated races which I assumed to be people creating them as part of the recent advent calendar task, solely to get extra entries in the draw.
Dec 2017
10:19am, 21 Dec 2017
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decorum
[I wondered whether it might be connected to the advent challenge too. Perhaps the system won't accept a repeated race in the same area but will if it's put out of area? :-( ]
Dec 2017
10:21am, 21 Dec 2017
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fetcheveryone
[evnt Platform is some sort of automated listing thing I think - it's on my list to get in touch with them]
Dec 2017
6:21pm, 21 Dec 2017
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Fragile Do Not Bend
[I spotted they had created some duplicates of events already listed and deleted them. It grinds my gears when people add new events without checking if it’s already listed]
Dec 2017
6:39pm, 21 Dec 2017
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While Raptor Knitted Socks by Night
Mr/Ms evvnt Platform is a very busy little bot and non-native race species seem to be getting splatted into Cumbria faster than I can delete them.
Dec 2017
6:42pm, 21 Dec 2017
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While Raptor Knitted Socks by Night
I've tried some other parts of the country, and it seems to be only the north-west of England that's affected.
Dec 2017
6:59pm, 21 Dec 2017
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Deck the Halls Daisy
How do I delete duplicates of races? I checked my neck of the woods and there are a couple. These seem to be simple duplicates rather than relocated ones. I was the culprit in one instance, though I was sure the race hadn't already been listed when I added it.

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