Protocol on Closing Aged Threads?
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Le Mans Master
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Protocol on Closing Aged Threads?
What is the current protocol regarding the closing of threads
that have been inactive for a period of time in order to archive
them and circumvent further posting?
At some point in the past, the practice seemed to be that an
automated process was configured to flip the status of threads
to Closed once these reached a period of 90 or 120 days from
the last post.
Yet a thread with a last post date of 2008.08.18 was resurrected
accidently in AX&RR yesterday and is now attracting additional
posts.
A random check located threads from 2007 that remain open
.
that have been inactive for a period of time in order to archive
them and circumvent further posting?
At some point in the past, the practice seemed to be that an
automated process was configured to flip the status of threads
to Closed once these reached a period of 90 or 120 days from
the last post.
Yet a thread with a last post date of 2008.08.18 was resurrected
accidently in AX&RR yesterday and is now attracting additional
posts.
A random check located threads from 2007 that remain open
.
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What is the current protocol regarding the closing of threads
that have been inactive for a period of time in order to archive
them and circumvent further posting?
At some point in the past, the practice seemed to be that an
automated process was configured to flip the status of threads
to Closed once these reached a period of 90 or 120 days from
the last post.
Yet a thread with a last post date of 2008.08.18 was resurrected
accidently in AX&RR yesterday and is now attracting additional
posts.A random check located threads from 2007 that remain open.
that have been inactive for a period of time in order to archive
them and circumvent further posting?
At some point in the past, the practice seemed to be that an
automated process was configured to flip the status of threads
to Closed once these reached a period of 90 or 120 days from
the last post.
Yet a thread with a last post date of 2008.08.18 was resurrected
accidently in AX&RR yesterday and is now attracting additional
posts.A random check located threads from 2007 that remain open.
The policy is any thread not receiving another post should not be opened.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/foru...s-or-more.html
You can "report" that post and ask the moderators of that section if the thread should be closed.
Team Owner
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
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It looks like the August 2008 thread met the tech discussion requirement as mentioned in the last paragraph of the policy link
"This rule will not apply to technical discussions or to posts in threads where such posts have been made to update the threads with information deemed by moderators to be of benefit to Forum members."
I have seen threads in the C4 Tech section come back to life from early 2007 and they were of a technical nature.
If there are technical discussion threads that reappear from using the search function and those threads have some good information in them, isn't it better to allow those types of threads to remain open for updating rather than starting over? Sometimes a question can be asked in a new thread concerning a subject that had been previously discussed and you get different answers which may (or may not) be accurate.
I understand that re-opening non technical threads would be a problem, but there is a wealth of tech information out there that can be expanded on.
Make sense??
"This rule will not apply to technical discussions or to posts in threads where such posts have been made to update the threads with information deemed by moderators to be of benefit to Forum members."
I have seen threads in the C4 Tech section come back to life from early 2007 and they were of a technical nature.
If there are technical discussion threads that reappear from using the search function and those threads have some good information in them, isn't it better to allow those types of threads to remain open for updating rather than starting over? Sometimes a question can be asked in a new thread concerning a subject that had been previously discussed and you get different answers which may (or may not) be accurate.
I understand that re-opening non technical threads would be a problem, but there is a wealth of tech information out there that can be expanded on.
Make sense??
