Suggest that conversations should auto-close after some period of time

sundialsvcs · 07-05-2017, 02:33 PM

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"Rule #3: I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture. I don't like doing it!"

But, people around here sometimes do. They reply, as they did today, to a thread that was started ten years ago.

I suggest that, after a reasonable period of time, threads should be automatically locked so that they cannot be added to.

hydrurga · 07-05-2017, 02:53 PM

In principle, it's a reasonable idea, but sometimes there is actually new information to provide (e.g. bugs resolved in new releases), so what would you class as a "reasonable period of time"?

Perhaps anyone wanting to post to an "old" thread can do so only after applying to a moderator for permission.

I know it may be an exception, but the Armstrong numbers thread (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...amming-466789/) was resurrected after 11 years and it has been fascinating to see the responses since then.

jeremy · 07-05-2017, 03:04 PM

Please do a search on this topic, it's been discussed at length previously. It's not something we plan to do at this time.

--jeremy

dugan · 07-05-2017, 03:42 PM

SundialSVCs, have you forgotten that this is at least the third thread you've started on this over the last year or two?

ntubski · 07-05-2017, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs

They reply, as they did today, to a thread that was started ten years ago.

And that bothers you for some reason?

jefro · 07-05-2017, 09:36 PM

ntubski, I sent pm to you.

ntubski · 07-06-2017, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jefro

ntubski, I sent pm to you.

Yes, sorry, I was feeling a bit cranky at seeing this topic come up yet again. What I should have said was:

Posting to old threads is not a problem, off-topic posts are the problem regardless of thread age.