Would I get banned if...
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CurtSibling
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Without good reason, it would get you some trouble, yes.
WinstonJen
Warlord
I don't see anything wrong with digging up old threads. If they really are finished, shouldn't they be locked?
Grille
panel insect
Recently, some poster digged up a one year old thread in civ3 Strat. The thread starter asked for strategic advice in a very specific game. The "re-freshment" post was (*for what reason ever 
*) made on the same date as the most latest "regular" post, exactly one year of time gap inbetween. Advice for a one year old game is certainly not needed and some follow-up posters didn't recognize this revival attempt. IMHO, such a revival is aiming at starting a pure 
-fest.
Contingently, one may post a link to an older thread when opening a new one that deals with the same subject. But there must be a very good reason for it. In OT, views of posters might change anyways (e.g. due to events that happened meanwhile) and there'd be generally no reason for up-digging. Also, certain topics deserve to re-appear once in a while in a new thread (I guess this is traditionally so
) - just think of gender threads as well as "your favourite sort of canned meat poll". Mostly such threads help to introduce newer members ("Hi- spam I like best") themselves to the older crowd ("Ah again, missed that topic for a while. Voted for spam, btw."). 
As for the lock-up proposal: It'd be certainly difficult to choose the point of time when to close them. Would be easier for b-day threads than for long time Strat Article discussions (these often get a monthly or so revival - rightfully so).
I guess TF (and the staff) knows very well when to close/archive and when not.
*) made on the same date as the most latest "regular" post, exactly one year of time gap inbetween. Advice for a one year old game is certainly not needed and some follow-up posters didn't recognize this revival attempt. IMHO, such a revival is aiming at starting a pure -fest.Contingently, one may post a link to an older thread when opening a new one that deals with the same subject. But there must be a very good reason for it. In OT, views of posters might change anyways (e.g. due to events that happened meanwhile) and there'd be generally no reason for up-digging. Also, certain topics deserve to re-appear once in a while in a new thread (I guess this is traditionally so
) - just think of gender threads as well as "your favourite sort of canned meat poll". Mostly such threads help to introduce newer members ("Hi- spam I like best") themselves to the older crowd ("Ah again, missed that topic for a while. Voted for spam, btw."). As for the lock-up proposal: It'd be certainly difficult to choose the point of time when to close them. Would be easier for b-day threads than for long time Strat Article discussions (these often get a monthly or so revival - rightfully so).
I guess TF (and the staff) knows very well when to close/archive and when not.
OT guideline on revival of ancient threads AFAIK - only one or two at any one time and for good reason; reviving a whole lot of them at one go will be very bad for you. 
We'll look at each case individually as well.
We'll look at each case individually as well.
Add new on topic content if you revive one, otherwise it is very spammish.
G-Man
A One Man's War
Dell, that's why you have the date for each post
It depends. There's a difference between reviving a year-old thread of a guy who doesn't post anymore asking for some help with his game, and reviving a thread asking a question that remained a mystery, and answering it. Or reviving a two-year-old thread talking about your favorite cheese just to say "Go cheddar!" and reviving a more intelligent thread because you were thinking of making one on the same subject, and felt like you had something thoughtful to add after finding the old thread. Etc. etc. Just use common sense. If there's a good reason to revive it, go ahead and do so; if not, don't. And if reviving or starting a new thread are equal out to be pretty much the same thing, just go ahead and start a new thread.
Originally posted by G-Man
Dell, that's why you have the date for each post
Sometimes though you can click on an old thread without realising that its old so you start reading it and then halfway through you start to sense that you may have read this before, then you check the dates.
G-Man
A One Man's War
Yeah, happened to me a few times...
