This week in forum etiquette - necroing threads.

Postado por Modibybob

Been seeing alot of new posts in older threads lately.

At what point does a post in a thread become a necro? Also, if someone wants to discuss a certain topic that x amount of threads already exist for, but are old, would it not be inappropriate to "necro" this thread instead of starting a new one?

I believe this is an issue that needs to be openly discussed to provide us forum users with the knowledge, and also to conserve the sanity of the mods here.

:)

Postado por 206732

This post was from a user who has deleted their account.

Postado por Modibybob

Is there info about forum "rules" or "guidelines" with regard to necro-posting and what is the cutoff?

Seemingly, no. I think it's more of one of those unwritten rules based around common sense that's more of an annoyance than a violation.

Postado por DoomEU

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

Postado por 115812

This post was from a user who has deleted their account.

Postado por DoomEU

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

...and I'm a man of my word.

*ahem*

Postado por Azazel

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

...and I'm a man of my word.

*ahem*

What is this I don't even...

Postado por SirPunky

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

...and I'm a man of my word.

*ahem*

/applaud

Postado por 781960

This post was from a user who has deleted their account.

Postado por Adamsm

"Heh there is already a thread like this heh, all you had to do was look through 50 threads heh".Because searching is so hard to do before posting.....

Postado por Hyperspacerebel

In other news, there is an official rule now.

Posting in a very old thread, or "necro-ing", is fine if and only if the thread is not time-sensitive, and continuing discussion is possible. Necro-ing a thread about the lore behind Thrall's escape from Durnholde is fine. Necro-ing a thread about how mad you are about RealID is not.

Postado por 91278

This post was from a user who has deleted their account.

Postado por Girbaud

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

...and I'm a man of my word.

*ahem*

Haha,
I see what you did there !
Good one.

Postado por Queggy

I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.

...and I'm a man of my word.

*ahem*

/clap

This week in forum etiquette - necroing threads.

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