[Elliott]

1 question.

When is a topic to old to be posted in?

People get told off for reviving old topics, but then again, they get told off for mkaing dupes? What's the cut off line for a topic to be posted in?

(this would not be a problem if the damn auto-prune was fixed :P )

[Ravenblade]

I remember FGX telling me that as long as the post made was a decent size and relevant to discussion, then it didnt matter how old the topic was. I agree though - its kinda unfair that new people cant discuss old stuff cos it's been done and cant be revived...

[Echo_djinn]

I thought that after two weeks you are not allowed to post in a topic. Now for new comers this is hard since we have made every possible topic for discussing about GS. Maybe the rules can be changed for that reason.

[TobiasMar]

Ah, I didn't know that you can bump old threads even if you had a meaningful post, which is why I made the topics that I knew were duplicated; the older version(s) of the threads were dead. No wonder why I got told off....at first, it didn't make sense to me because I thought you couldn't bump topics period. At least I just learned from my mistake. o_O

[Kikuichimonji]

Okay I am making an estimate at this

Any spam topic probably should not be bumped after 2 weeks

Topics within the GS and GS:TLA forums can be bumped unless they are 4 months old

Any other topic, not to be bumped after a month (except art, fan-fics and must be done by the topic starter and as well within reason e.g don't leave for like 8 months)

So after these periods of time, you can probably start a dupe

that's what I think, but heck feel free to discuss any other ways

Just use your common sense basically :wacko:

[Sea of Time]

I wish that we could reply to any topic we wished as long as the post was constructive (not spam). I think that it's the 3rd page of any forum or older.

[Nick Presta]

Really, it depends.

If the topic is very old (a month or two) but the person who bumps it is new or has something entirely new to say, then there really isn't an "age limit" to the topic since you're reviving it with valuable information.

However, if you bump a topic just to add your two cents and/or nothing and its a month old, then it's reviving without a reason/dupe.

[Mallick]

What about a year? Someone revived a topic after a year, just to agree what someone said...

[Nick Presta]

Well, social topics are out of the question. You can't really bring anything new to a conversation about stupid things since no one is sharing general discussion/problem.

If the topic is about:

"Computer problems"

Then of course, anything new is appreciated and wouldn't be considered a bad revival.

If the topic is on "Stupid Things you've done" and you post after a year, then no, you aren't helping.

Clear?

[Max]

Like Nick said, it's really on a case-by-case basis. If a new topic is created and asks a question that was answered in a previous case, then that is what we mean by dupe because the person should have done a search first.

However, if someone revives a topic and does not add anything worthwhile to the conversation, then that's when we feel they should be punished.

The whole point of the anti-revival and anti-dupetopic rules is simply to prevent multiple topics about the exact same thing being created within a reasonable time period.

[Somia]

Piers diamondberg master, on Feb 1 2005, 08:03 PM, said:

What about a year? Someone revived a topic after a year, just to agree what someone said...

I think that's way to old to bump, it's kind of pointless of rasing an idea that's been said 1 year ago..or pherhaps even longer..

[Phaiya]

Sea_of_Time, on Feb 1 2005, 06:08 PM, said:

I wish that we could reply to any topic we wished as long as the post was constructive (not spam). I think that it's the 3rd page of any forum or older.

How old is too old? First of all I don't think there is a too old for forums, it just people's interest in the stupid topic.. Also forums/topic s re like kinda like a fad, u think it's boring one year and then you think this is great, like Kinderegg surprises for example....

I think there should be just like no actually time limit, but then again, maybe delete it after a while of inactivation

[Elliott]

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maybe delete it after a while of inactivation

Pruning, like I sugested. Then there would never be a problem.
Just make the auto prune for all forums ex. spam 30 or 60 days.

[TobiasMar]

Kikuichimonji, on Feb 1 2005, 03:12 PM, said:

Okay I am making an estimate at this

Any spam topic probably should not be bumped after 2 weeks

Topics within the GS and GS:TLA forums can be bumped unless they are 4 months old

Any other topic, not to be bumped after a month (except art, fan-fics and must be done by the topic starter and as well within reason e.g don't leave for like 8 months)

So after these periods of time, you can probably start a dupe

that's what I think, but heck feel free to discuss any other ways

Just use your common sense basically ^_^

Well, I agree with nick that there shouldn't be a limit for the time and that its okay for a bump to a thread as long as the post is meaningful, but for the spam part of what you said, I don't really agree with.....

So I don't agree with pruning, even in SPAM.