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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:23 am    Post subject: Etiquette for posting to other's years-old threads? Reply with quote

Is it preferred people don't post to old unanswered threads? I read through the rules again but didn't catch if there was anything about that there and nothing applicable seems to come up in the first page of a few different search variations. I was considering cross-posting data to an old thread for those (like myself) that run across it via search in the future. Thanks!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:59 am    Post subject: Re: Etiquette for posting to other's years-old threads? Reply with quote

It's considered bad form to pop up (gravedig) threads that are multiple years old but these situations are ok:
1. You are posting relevant information to add for the future
2. The thread covers exactly what you are researching but you have a new question.

It's more of the people popping up old threads to post useless stuff like "Nice photo!" that is bad form.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Etiquette for posting to other's years-old threads? Reply with quote

That confirms what I've seen on the forum, thanks!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:49 am    Post subject: Re: Etiquette for posting to other's years-old threads? Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
It's considered bad form to pop up (gravedig) threads that are multiple years old but these situations are ok:
1. You are posting relevant information to add for the future
2. The thread covers exactly what you are researching but you have a new question.

It's more of the people popping up old threads to post useless stuff like "Nice photo!" that is bad form.


Just wanted to pop in to say THANK YOU for running the forum this way. Cool

I'm a member of several other forums that have very strict rules against posting to older threads. If it's more than a month old, you are supposed to make a new thread. It's such a shame, because while it makes forums look "active" (artificially inflating the number of threads), it makes them an absolute disaster for those searching for information. Instead of 5 relevant search results, you get 50+ results with the information scattered among them, and no good in-depth discussions in any of them. Crying or Very sad


Our cars are 50+ years old. The questions I ask today are undoubtedly the same questions others asked 40 years ago, and the same questions that will be asked 25 years from now too. We have awesome threads loaded with wisdom from members who are no longer with us, and covering techniques so specific and obscure that a new thread might be met with crickets chirping. Being able to tack on just one or two more posts to a thread from 10 years ago to clarify a procedure, or add some new information based on current materials/methods, is helpful to ALL of us - especially looking forward into the future. Cool
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