[SOLVED] Ancient Sticky Threads

Don't kill the messenger, this is an observation, not a criticism. I notice that some of our sticky threads are 9-11 years old. Are they still needed?
respectfully submitted,

hitest

There's no need for a poll - none of the threads need to still be stickied.

1. Post your source.list 2. HOW-TO: Install Debian using debootstrap. 3. Kernel version 4.1 and 4.2 upgrade/compile guide 4. Debian Configuration Post-Install 5. [SOLVED] Bash "shellshock" CVE-2014-6271 CVE-2014-7169 - vulnerability in bash 6. Debian wiki security breach (update) 7. How-To regenerate your SSH/SSL Keys - Debian Security Advisory 1571

1. was started in 2005 and is superseded by https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

2,3,4 - if any of these are still relevant they should be transferred to articles on the Debian Wiki, with a link added - both in first post and as a reply, so if people find them via search they can follow through to the current version, and any subscribers are updated.

5,6,7 - vulnerabilities from 2008,2013,2014 - that's Debian 4 and Debian 7 - relevant at the time, but not any longer.

(I don't know if this forum software allows time-based stickies, but if it does any future vulnerability stickies having a five-year timeout is probably more than sufficient.)

These are the old threads.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...1571-a-642118/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...te-4175444844/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...sh-4175519968/

I do appreciate being able to voice my opinion about outdated threads. However, this does not seem to be a common opinion. At your convenience could you please close this thread. Thank you.

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You opened the thread on Friday. It's now Sunday.

Two days is not a long time; two days over a weekend even less so, and - given that it is summer for a large amount of LQ members - it's certainly premature to make any such assumptions.

In any case, threads are closed if there are rule violations, nothing in this thread does so: whether there is agreement, ambivalence, or disagreement over how to handle the stickies, there is no need for this thread to be closed.

Originally Posted by boughtonp Two days is not a long time; two days over a weekend even less so, and - given that it is summer for a large amount of LQ members - it's certainly premature to make any such assumptions.

You may be correct. This thread has 132 views. I'll leave this with the LQ moderators.

View count doesn't mean much - it gets incremented by anyone who loads the thread every time a new post is made - divide the number of "views" by the number of posts for a closer approximation, but even that might not be accurate. (It potentially also get incremented by bots and logged-out visitors; not sure).

Also, that number will include people who click on threads just to mark them as read in the "Latest Posts" or "New Posts" lists, but who have no interest in the subject and don't actually read the posts.

Four members think that unsticking the ancient threads is a good idea. Progress.

Eight members think that unsticking the ancient threads is a good idea.

Many thanks to the moderating team for removing the outdated threads!