When is a thread too old?

Never for me depends on what sort of day I have, I leave home, work and personal stuff out of the equation, the same as I leave home stuff out of work. BUT dealing with spammers, people who blatently just post the same info just to increase postcounts etc can affect how one deals with a reported or noticed thread/post... we all be human and make mistakes sadly ( well I dont as I'm perfect )

as to too old, well I think I go by a rule of thumb as to say 2-3 months-ish or dependent on wether the last post that resurects a thread actually adds some new information to the thread or basically repeats what has been said before, dictates wether I lock, delete or move in the case of a new member who posts they have the same issue as it maybe similar but not everyones hardware/software or issues are exact so if they post enough information on their issue as in PC specs, the issue and whats affected then I will de-merge that one post and pop it into its own thread or if no info is posted and a generic post of "Hi I have the same problem help" then I will generally pop in a nice message to start a new thread with all the relevent info, with a link to Before You Post Asking For Help, Please Read This

I have already de-merged one post today into its own thread, with a post on how to start a new thread and which forum to find help in for their specific problem.


Again we all be human and if sidetracked with other things, dates of threads may get missed and locked accidently, if you feel this has happened then a quick report a post and description of why you think its locked in error will help.

 

Thats my personal viewpoint on how I handle threads/posts I come across, others may have a different take on it, but I'm sure we are all similar from what I notice on locked/deleted threads etc.

Either way should do.. but it will be very rare I'm sure that a thread has been locked like that one and I will leave MA to reply if he so wishes on that.

PMing or Reporting will not guarantee that a tread will be re-opened or undeleted tho, so be sure its an honest mistake or oversight before reporting/PMing

 

Yes on Avatar and Siggy line

Yes on MA..... but I hope I gave you insight into my rationale on old threads and the options I use?

 

The issue at hand was he responded to tell him to get a bracket, as I originally stated, until the thread starter explained how his case worked andf that brackets were not useable in this case. He was more interested in knowing if , quite simply, he could bolt up a hard drive on one side only.

So, what this guy did was read the question, ignore the answers, and the fact that it was resolved, and proceeded to repeat an already invalidated answer. Didnt get the point of that answer except boredom mixed with laziness.

 

Appreciate your opinion, what happens from here is more people start piping in and all for nothing, figured I would kill it now