Necroposting
 

I suggest making necroposting against forum rules. It is a pretty standard rule on most forums and it is weird that the rule is adopted here... for those that don't know necroposting is posting on a old topic bringing it to the top of the page... causes annoyance and confusion and any time where the old topic may be relevant it is easier for the thread poster to post a link to the old topic rather than each person who reads the thread reading messages not knowing they are old/having to search through the entire thread to find the new posts.

Another problem is topics going off topic to the point where they are an entirely different subject to that in the subject title.. there are several times where someone posts a new thread in the stanley forums relating to topic x only to be told it was already being talked about in the thread titled topic y.

These are just basic message boards rules that make the forums more functional for all and are generally pretty standard.

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disagree sam theres quite a few on here don't know how to post a link, i only learned about 12 months ago. its a local forum, they aint all whiz-kids ya know.

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Necroposting..nice one Sam...I thought it was about the letters peolpe get from Royal Mail 10 days late!

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I thought it meant sending letters or emails to dead folk........:eek::confused:

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Old threads are New threads to new members and they are entitled to post in them, if they cant see the date top left of every post then they need glasses.
As for thread wandering that does happen and we let it go to some extent but do keep it in check so i really cant see a problem :cool:
the site has been going for quite a few years now and we have not had problems with members bringing up old threads its just part of the forum and is nice to see some of the old threads brought back up, there are some very good and funny threads lurking in the past that are worth bringing back now and again sorry but i really cant see a problem here :)
nobody has been confused over a thread as the date of each post is there to see :)
if your having problems please contact one of the mods/admin by pm and you can discuss your problem with them and sort something out that's what the staff are here for not just to annoy members with edit/delete/moving threads:D we do help occasionally
if the member that posts the second thread cant check if there is already a thread running on the subject then that's there problem and other members are just letting them know there is a thread already on going,
there is a search facility :eek:
its pointless having 2 threads on the same subject running at the same time and takes room up on the forum which is a waste
the mods in that section can merge the two threads into one if they have been running a while before reporting or noticed by the mod in that section
The thread that was started first is always the dominant thread and a second thread even if its started a minute later will be merged with the first thread:o

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Must admit mick it has never been a problem before (bringing up old threads) or necroposting, it's sometimes quite good seeing some of the old posts resurrected, brings back memories of when we used to have fun on here :D

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I like it too:)

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And me:D Anyway you don't have to wade through the whole thread yo can get the gist from the first couple then click on first unread post which I do every time I log on

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i love reading old posts, they make me laugh, especially when its something that Garinda has wrote about his baby Tindi...classic thread :D;)

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Well said young man, I don't know how to post links:o On the subject of old posts it is great when they bob up again. In fact quite often people search for them:)

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Also, if the topic already exists why start a fresh one? Everything that can be said probably already has been said and if not can be added to the old thread.

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Old posts aren't 'dead' posts....they are just hibernating, waiting until the interest in them resurfaces again..perhaps due to a news item....local or national.
As for thread wanders, well it is a strange conversation that doesn't meander along, touching other subjects along the way......it is a natural way of conversing.......I have to say that over the years some of the thread wanders have been as interesting as the original topic.

No......I like the forum just the way it is.

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:Dover quoting is my pet hate but i live with it :D

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Nice one accyman:D:mosher:

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Contrary to what Sam has said, I have been a member of many forums and some of them get really uppity if you do not search for a topic to post to instead of creating a new one.

It often saves having to re say everything that has already been said.

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one of the best threads I've come across was a "necropost" . Tealeaf started the SS Accrington thread in January 2004 , and it was revived in December 2008 after a 4 year lull , I'm sure to lots of 'newer' users it was informative and I enjoyed reading it from begining to end .

Re. Mattylad saying that some forums expect you do do a search beforehand on a topic ,seems a bit petty since I never knew that there was a SS Accrington in the first place :eek: :D

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First time I have come accross this...didn't even know there was a word for it!

How can you make "necroposting" against forum rules? It often brings up things new members don't know have been discussed before, and can add to the forum interest by opening topics up again.

If nothing else, it gives people who posted way back when, a laugh maybe about what they posted, & notes whether they have changed their opinions on certain topics.
How often in normal conversation do we go back to things that we have discussed before, and view them with differnet eyes?

Necroposting should stay.

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I like necroposting, or as I prefer to call it, Lazarusposting.

Here's one I made earlier.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...6-a-11257.html

:D

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Don't know what anybody else thinks, but I reckon if there are any controversial threads on here they're usually started by SmF:rolleyes:

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Now, now Jaysay ... lad was only making a suggestion, which has been rejected by the majority :rolleyes: ... nowt wrong with that. Learnt a new word anyway.

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well i reckon Gayle should have a new award= Fence Sitting Pacifist.:D;)

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I've learnt a lot of new words kate but none of them started with N:rolleyes:

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Is that me Cashy ? Guess you are correct really, coward more like.
I do agree with all the other comments though, that Necroposting should remain. Loved the old thread Garinda put up, and never seen it before ... very funny .. could possibly resurrect with a new calendar. LOL.

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never mentioned a name but as they say- if the cap fits.:D

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Well, if we're going all retro how about this one?

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...eth-24663.html

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so let me get this right..

necroposting isnt sending dead people to the cemterary by royal mail :confused:

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They are often technical/help/information type forums. We are just a bunch of Muppet's chatting about drivel

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Oi....speak for yourself! :p:D

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Yes they were technical forums, however for them being petty about it, it's about as petty as complaining about "necroposting" as it has been dubbed. :D :D

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Someone may revive this thread in years to come, and breathe some life into it.

(Though I doubt it.)

:D

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We could always get mick to post in every thread if it's been inactive for a year.........that would solve the necroposting problem :notworthy:bootyshak

Hope that makes sense :D