You've got to be kidding!

[Rex_Tremende]

Seriously? You've locked all threads older than, what? two months?

[Steve Ashton]

Actually it was supposed to be 6 (six) months after the last active post.

I'll go back and look at the settings.

[Rex_Tremende]

How about two years? Is reviving threads that big of a problem? Is there nothing of value older than six months that might be worth someone's interest?

[Monkey@Arms]

Six months does seem too short to declare a thread dead. Maybe 18 months?

Best regards,

Jake

[ronstew]

Not that this is a democracy, but I'd vote for six months after the last post. New threads can be started, and they can refer to old threads.

[GDub]

Six months does seem too short to declare a thread dead. Maybe 18 months?

Ditto!

[SteveB]

Locking a thread after six months only prevents further posting. This will help prevent some unintended resurrections of ancient posts. If necessary, a new thread can contain a reference to an older thread.

This new policy should make obsolete:

::dead::

[Chas]

Closure after 6 months after the last active post seems fair. Very often, a thread reaches a natural conclusion. Everybody has said what they want to say; the events have happened; the experiences have been shared; everything that can or should be said about that particular set of events has happened.

Emotions are transient. It is very hard to sustain the anger and indignation of an insult years later. In all things, people move on and attitudes change. It is really not fair of us to force people to hold the same opinions that they held 2 years ago.

The 6 month closure after last active post is a fair policy to everybody. If there is a desperate need for a particular thread to be revived for a Health and Safety, or legal, or economic issue, then I am quite sure that the Mods can do that. All it takes is a PM.

Regards

Chas

[Jerry]

Steve, I agree with your decision, as long as the old thread can be viewed when someone asks a question which has been brought up and thoroughly covered in the past. This, although it sometimes seems impolite to newbies, saves the same discussions being hashed out over and over again. But, as I have said many times, "we are just guests here, and we agree to abide by the rules and the decisions of the mods and Admin".

[Monkey@Arms]

It would be nice if people actually did search for old threads, and referenced to them, and provided the link. This builds on the past without necessarily rehashing old contraversies, and adds to the collective discussion.

Based on what I've seen on the internet over the years, however, this is apparently the minority view, as this would actually take effort on the poster's part. The more common approach is to come on a forum and ask "Has anyone heard of ____?" insert forum sponsor here. Not sure how locking threads after six months will play out for good or bad. I'm just saying.

Best regards,

Jake