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If a two year old thread gets closed, then up-to-date info can't be discussed without starting another thread. Things change all the time and somtimes they return to an old practice. And most here would agree a New Thread creates frustration when it covers throughly discussed material.
 
It might be better to start a new thread but still reference the old thread with a link. By bumping the old thread with new info you sometimes get new users responding to the original post thinking it is a new recent post and the entire conversation starts to get repeated.
 
harryb714 said:
It might be better to start a new thread but still reference the old thread with a link. By bumping the old thread with new info you sometimes get new users responding to the original post thinking it is a new recent post and the entire conversation starts to get repeated.
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And whats wrong with that? That is how new information can be shared. It seems like people get mad when someone bumps up an old thread, but when someone creates a new one they get flooded by people posting links to ones they should have bumped up.
 
NYBLS said:
And whats wrong with that? That is how new information can be shared. It seems like people get mad when someone bumps up an old thread, but when someone creates a new one they get flooded by people posting links to ones they should have bumped up.
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I guess it depends on the topic. Here are 2 examples that maybe needed a little more substance to recent replies to warrant bumping a 2-3 year old threads:

http://emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=15860&page=4

http://emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=9988&page=4
 
I would guess that if a topic hasn't come up in two years starting a new thread on it is fine.
 
cmetalbend said:
If a two year old thread gets closed, then up-to-date info can't be discussed without starting another thread. Things change all the time and somtimes they return to an old practice. And most here would agree a New Thread creates frustration when it covers throughly discussed material.
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We don't close threads just because of their age. We only close them if they are getting way off topic, inflammatory, or something internally causes us to take action.

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Please close this thread, there is nothing more to say. :)
 
Chimpie said:
We don't close threads just because of their age. We only close them if they are getting way off topic, inflammatory, or something internally causes us to take action.

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Really?

http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=15067&page=2

The only stated reason for that thread being closed was that it "flatlined two years ago".

harryb714 said:
It might be better to start a new thread but still reference the old thread with a link. By bumping the old thread with new info you sometimes get new users responding to the original post thinking it is a new recent post and the entire conversation starts to get repeated.
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A conversation is far more likely to get repeated if it's started over from the beginning rather than picking it up from where it left off, even if when it last left off was two years ago. The problem you're talking about is someone reading the opening message of a thread and then responding to it without bothering to read all the replies that have come after that, and that can happen regardless of the thread's freshness or staleness.
 
JJR512 said:
Really?

http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=15067&page=2

The only stated reason for that thread being closed was that it "flatlined two years ago".



A conversation is far more likely to get repeated if it's started over from the beginning rather than picking it up from where it left off, even if when it last left off was two years ago. The problem you're talking about is someone reading the opening message of a thread and then responding to it without bothering to read all the replies that have come after that, and that can happen regardless of the thread's freshness or staleness.
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There were other reasons for me closing that thread that I could not publicly state. That issue has now been resolved, so Chimpie has reopened those threads.
 
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