Ressurecting Old Threads

[french_disko]

This gets on my tits.

for example, a three year old thread was opened today for no real reason other than a bit of nostalgia - and that leads to someone reminiscing about how drunk on Guiness they were that night. Gripping stuff......

http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/feedback-forum/8701-explosions-sky-last-night-4.html

same with the one about a Hamster for Sale the other week - considering it was also about 3 years old & hasters live for about 2 years then someone was in for a shock there.

can old threads not be "closed" after about 6 months of no posts or, say, within 2 years of the opening date?

there just seems to be too many old threads that are lazily reopened with a stupid comment that then start arguments again - or, worse still, arguments about arguments.

[framheim]

ah come on now, nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia. fair enough if it's done to restart an argument but i went looking for that thread because i'd been listening to explosions for the first time in ages and it got me remembering the drummonds gig and i thought others might like to reminisce. what harm is it doing? you don't have to read them.

[french_disko]

ah come on now, nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia. fair enough if it's done to restart an argument but i went looking for that thread because i'd been listening to explosions for the first time in ages and it got me remembering the drummonds gig and i thought others might like to reminisce. what harm is it doing? you don't have to read them.

I'm just using that as an example.

i don't understand why people don't just open a new thread and reference the old one at the very leat - like I said, it's lazy.

[Chris]

I guess it depends on the intention behind re-opening the thread. If it can be done within a valid, up to date context then that would be fair enough. Bumping dormant threads for no reason however is likely just to annoy people and I tend to close threads when that happens as it just leads to confusion (people don't tend to look at the date on a thread or post).

Dave's bumping of the explosions in the sky thread was on the edge. I understand why it was bumped but perhaps a little more context than just "wow, this really happened" could have been used in the actual act of bumping it.

I believe old threads in the general discussion forum are deleted after a certain amount of time, but not in the other forums.

[davewarden]

You dont have to read them.

[french_disko]

You dont have to read them.

No, but I'm certainly entitled to use the Comments & Suggestions forum for, er, comments and suggestions.

[GavH]

think i'll ressurect this thread in 6 months time

[Neil]

I'm certainly not going to spend hours of my life going around closing every thread (and there would be thousands of them) that is over 6 months old.

Personally speaking, I don't think this is a big problem. It doesn't happen that often and when it does, although mildly irritating, does at least allow some people to have a reminiscent moment - "Oh, I remember when that was first posted...".

Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I don't see this as a problem that needs addressing just now I'm afraid.

P.S. As an aside, no threads get deleted after a specific amount of time now. This stopped happening after The Wasteland forum was replaced.

[french_disko]

I'm certainly not going to spend hours of my life going around closing every thread (and there would be thousands of them) that is over 6 months old.

Personally speaking, I don't think this is a big problem. It doesn't happen that often and when it does, although mildly irritating, does at least allow some people to have a reminiscent moment - "Oh, I remember when that was first posted...".

Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I don't see this as a problem that needs addressing just now I'm afraid.

P.S. As an aside, no threads get deleted after a specific amount of time now. This stopped happening after The Wasteland forum was replaced.

Fair enuff - however, when your servers explode in a few months due the massive amount of nostalgic threads that reappear then don't say I didn't warn you!