Should the "No reviving old threads" rule be abolished?

[MJN SEIFER]

I think it should!

As many of should know, if a poster posts a reply to an old "dead" thead an admin will frown them for "reviving" a thread and then close the topic.

However there are times when inportant things need to be said on that topic - the poster may have never seen that topic and then one day s/he decides to look threw some old topics, sees something in the thread that needs to be replied to for some reason, be it personal or the answer that is needed.

Other forums I am/have been a member of actualy don't have this rule.

However a slight negative side is that when a topic reaches 30 pages (That actually happend once) it can be quite tough to find where you are.

I am in no authority but hopfuly the votes will cause the admins to reach a descision(sp?)

[Christmas]

No

[Hambone]

No. Once a thread is dead. It needs to remain dead, like wasps!

[Bahamut2000X]

How can you even tell anymore? I havn't been able to find any sort of posting times/dates anymnore since I came back to the forums. And my join date vanished as well. I'm so lost without my dates anymore. T_T

[sephirothishere]

indeed masmas.....they are old..and have already been discussed...why talk about them again...old threads are not sooo fun...

[rubah]

The only people that say that are the ones who get fooled and told off for posting in them.

They should not be revived unless you have the best reason in the world.

[White Raven]

I don't understand that if the gods don't want old threads to be reopened, why not just close them when they reach a certain age?

They should euthanasia them.

[Ryth]

No more baby killing!

[XxSephirothxX]

Nah. In the vast majority of circumstances, it's better just to start a fresh discussion on the topic. Ending is better than mending.

[Shlup]

If a thread has been revived I often don't recognize it and'll post in it again. If I'm going to repeat myself, may as well be in a fresh thread.

[LunarWeaver]

I could revive all the hundreds of "Who is your favorite character" threads at once if it wasn't for that meddling rule.

[DarkLadyNyara]

I am in no authority but hopfuly the votes will cause the admins to reach a descision(sp?)

I'd say that, given how long the rule's been in effect, they have reached a decision.

No, they shouldn't be revived. Threads die for a reason.

[rubah]

We have better things to do than to close forty dozen threads every day, really. It's just common sense and forum ettiquette!

[Tavrobel]

No, it should not be abolished.

[edczxcvbnm]

Hell yeah it should. Then I could bring back 100 old threads an hour and really just piss people off.