Grave digger.

I don’t personally mind anyone digging up an old post, if the post is worthy to comment on.

We had an instance recently whereby a post called ‘Age, sex, location’, was added to by Heavenly. Now quite rightly I think in this instance Sami informed her that it was a old post, as it was not worth in my view bringing up again. She stated that she did not understand and as she was a newbie she said it was just an error! How can this be an error when she had to dig the depths of the forum to get hold of it. Rubbish as far as I am concerned she knew fully well that it was old. I then kept an eye on the thread, as I thought, why bring it up again. Sure enough some idiot put:

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Sami and I both agreed, let’s close it. I have no problem with that decision at all.

Now Heavenly has again, posted to another old thread, giving advice on a relationship problem someone was having. Why do that, as any advice now will not be relevant.

I don’t know if this member is either being stupid or winding me up.

But to go back to your original question, if it’s a post that is worth going back to why not I say. At the moment though there appears to be a run of racking up crap.

*holds up a hand* Ehm…A first post, yeah that’s definately understandable, but when have we had problems with someone being cut down for their first post (unless it’s spammy and they’re just one timers anyway)? I haven’t seen any, really…most people have the good sense to come into the intro section, or they’re up and about elsewhere, but I’ve never seen any issues at hand about someones very first post bringing up an old thread and them being cut down for it. Then again…who knows, I could be simply oblivious.

Warren… just a sidenote, ehm…we deal with new members a lot as well. We are after all in charge of the “introduction” forum afterall… *quirk* Remember? And I’ve advised and such at a number of other forums as well. Just thought that I’d point that out simply because you seemed to dismiss our kind of word on the subject a bit. Yes, it can be disarming -if- that was your first post, but really, meh, I haven’t seen that happen here. Point me in the right direction here if I’m wrong.

This thing with heavenly…yeah she has over 40 posts. How exactly is she new? As for William… …

Although this is a rather old post brought back to life, I did find it rather amusing in a true / false sort of way.

Nothing wrong with a bit of rib poking if you were to ask me.

Eve sweetheart what’s for dessert?
Forbidden pie dear. It’s simply sinful.

…I really do have a hard time seeing just what was so awful about that reply. Yes, he commented on the age of the thread, but…eh, actually what he had to say was pertinant to the subjectmatter… … and I thought the joke was funny *shrug* Maybe you could be a bit more specific what it was that put you off?

I guess I’ll throw in my two bits here as well then. My opinion is basically the same as what’s already been posted by Sami and Sarah. If the thread that’s resurrected is worth bringing back, and the post that does it is intelligently written, no problem.

If, however, the thread is by its very nature either time-sensitive (like the relationship advice thread) or unnecessary (like the a/s/l thread), then there’s no need to bring it back. And it’s not as if it’s hard to tell these things. The advice thread is clearly only relevant for so long. If the person is *still* in need of advice on that particular situation over a year later, well… yeah. And it’s usually pretty obvious when a thread has been deemed unnecessary, when a majority of the posts in the thread are negative. (asl)

So basically…. if the thread is worthwhile and not quite time-sensitive, and the person who brings it back actually has something worthwhile to say, then fine and no worries. The people who “accidentally” revive a thread that they had to go digging for… well… I’m not gonna rip their throats out, but I will definitely mention something to the effect of what I’ve already said here and in other threads.

I kind of agree with Seph on this one. Even when I, a staff member, is going to bring up an old thread (whether it’s one those you think it’s okay or not) I feel the need to defend myself beforehand. Example:

The thread was about the Digg Effect and was in the Staff Room, but i do feel people come down a bit badly when it comes to bringing up past threads.

For me the A/S/L didn’t seem that bad, just someone wanting to know the ages of people on forum, their sex, and location. If you don’t want to give it, then you shouldn’t respond. As for the response:

He just happens to think that him and his oh (other half) are sexy. Yeah it’s wrong for a first post, but if i had posted something like that jokingly, no one would have really said anything. I see future dangers on this but nothing major that can’t be deleted. Heck even i was actually thinking of posting in that thread before people got rudeish responses for posting in it…

So i completely understand why Seph felt compelled to ask for permission before bringing threads up from the grave. My thread on “Top Ten Reasons Why Eve Was Created” does not really fall into the catergory anyone has given on good reasons to bring up a past thread. I think maybe that was one thread everyone would like to die down, but if it’s not meant to be commented on, it should be closed. I know all of us aren’t going to go look for which we think we should be closed, but instead of commenting when someone does so, just close it and give them real reasons it’s being closed down other than it’s old (Maybe tell them this thread causes too many problems or something reasonable).

The fact that someone as new as William, and a few other people feel the need to say “this is an old thread” or “you have brought up a very old thread here” tells me that people have over-exerted the fact that maybe it is wrong to bring up a thread from the dead…

This is just my two cents on this, and yes i know i’ll probably get plenty of rebuttles on this, but that doesn’t stop the fact of what is really going on, whether it seems wrong or right to all of you…

EvilSeph, if you feel you have something to add to a past topic, I recommend you add it. If someone disagrees with your decision, then that’s their issue (It only really matters what the advisors/mentors/leader of that particular forum think and I’m sure they’re civil enough to discuss it with you if you’re unsure). I personally don’t see any reason not to post in an old topic if you feel you have relevant information to contribute.

Thats my thoughts anyway. 🙂

Ok, apparently I don’t understand what this topic is about, but I think I see what you’re getting at. Can you possibly give an example of an older topic where someone posted with relevent and useful information and was harshly criticized for it?

My impression is that it’s generally the useless replies that are usually discouraged in the older topics, but perhaps I am mistaken. I also don’t recall any harshness in any of these either, but perhaps I need another example?

OK…I must apologize…as I meant to reply earlier and my “rare” day off here brought me to do things around the house that HAD to get done…(like washing knickers and all that jazz!! BOY…I was running LOW!) Anywaayyyy….I have to agree with my highly intelligent and logical advisors on this. The ASL topic…SUCKS…. the sheer fact that N3td3v (the OP) was banned and has deplorable colours (I believe he was the only red in our system) should be obvious to some one who has been around here as long as heavenly…that HMMM…maybe this is not a good post.
Other than that, I have not seen my advisors take ANYONE down for anything that was not warrented. I understand being a stickler for rules, but you have to understand…there IS grey area in almost everything…and Community Center and the like is going to have more of that than other places. We are not reform school nor are we a prison…we just want to make sure we are a place for everyone to be understood, and understand that there are rules and guidelines….once a person is here long enough, they should be able to get the feel of the place and know what is just not right.
That’s just my feeling…perhaps I misread a few things…
As far as Heavenly taking Sami’s post too personally….she has been around long enough to know ONE, what is a good post and two, that advisors are here to help, especially in CC.