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desertboy

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I see a lot of old threads keep getting revived with people quoting someone who probably doesn't come here any longer.

I propose Closing threads that are over 12 months since the last post.

While we don't want to many of the same threads coming up over and over again I think if no one has posted a thread about it in a year it would be fine to post a question that had been answered before.
 
Gorxon

Gorxon

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There is no way we have enough resources to do that. I don't think implementing a script to do it is good either. It's better to go at the users doing it...also remember that as long as it's relevant, digging up old threads isn't neccessarily a bad thing.
 
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Allnatural

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Gorxon said:
also remember that as long as it's relevant, digging up old threads isn't neccessarily a bad thing.
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For instance, the Babe thread. :)


I agree with Gorx. Despite how much I loathe gravedigging, locking old threads is overkill.
 
PsyMan

PsyMan

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Plus, there are many interesting things and solutions for many problems in these "inactive" threads.
 
Malcolm

Malcolm

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PsyMan said:
Plus, there are many interesting things and solutions for many problems in these "inactive" threads.
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A locked thread isn't a deleted thread; gravedigging sucks but closing threads based on their age isn't a good solution; what if a user has relevent info they want to pass on in an older thread, they shouldn't have to start up a new thread.
 
PsyMan

PsyMan

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Malcolm said:
A locked thread isn't a deleted thread; gravedigging sucks but closing threads based on their age isn't a good solution; what if a user has relevent info they want to pass on in an older thread, they shouldn't have to start up a new thread.
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I know that :p, but someone can continue an intresting conversation. It is also possible to give better solutions (or additional information as you already said) on some problems without the need of a new (useless) thread (this may also prevent some newbies from creating useless threads here and there).
 
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