It got into my thread and went bad...
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It got into my thread and went bad...
...so I lopped it off with the chainsaw.
Forum Threads, much like milk, uncooked meat, leftover Chinese food, and a Republican Presidency, eventually sour and go rotten. And, much like no one wants to smell that lo mein that's been in the back of your fridge since the night after your high school prom, no one wants to be forced to re-read six pages of posts from 2003 just so they understand your latest one.
The WOP Thread Expiration Date is Hereby Set at TWO YEARS
If, after two years of dormancy, a topic is so amazingly interesting that you have to comment on it: start a new thread.
Much like Teddy Roosevelt, Bob Hope, and Steve Guttenberg's career, deceased threads deserve to lie in peace. Necromantic posts will be deleted and the disturbed threads locked.
Thank you.
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Forum Threads, much like milk, uncooked meat, leftover Chinese food, and a Republican Presidency, eventually sour and go rotten. And, much like no one wants to smell that lo mein that's been in the back of your fridge since the night after your high school prom, no one wants to be forced to re-read six pages of posts from 2003 just so they understand your latest one.
The WOP Thread Expiration Date is Hereby Set at TWO YEARS
If, after two years of dormancy, a topic is so amazingly interesting that you have to comment on it: start a new thread.
Much like Teddy Roosevelt, Bob Hope, and Steve Guttenberg's career, deceased threads deserve to lie in peace. Necromantic posts will be deleted and the disturbed threads locked.
Thank you.
(Bonus points for you if you recognize the quote that started this post.)
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Re: It got into my thread and went bad...
Wait... does this mean that all threads from more than 2 years ago are being deleted? Or does it mean that they will stay but be deleted if they are brought back?Hostrauser wrote:...so I lopped it off with the chainsaw.
Forum Threads, much like milk, uncooked meat, leftover Chinese food, and a Republican Presidency, eventually sour and go rotten. And, much like no one wants to smell that lo mein that's been in the back of your fridge since the night after your high school prom, no one wants to be forced to re-read six pages of posts from 2003 just so they understand your latest one.
The WOP Thread Experation Date is Hereby Set at TWO YEARS
If, after two years of dormancy, a topic is so amazingly interesting that you have to comment on it: start a new thread.
Much like Teddy Roosevelt, Bob Hope, and Steve Guttenberg's career, deceased threads deserve to lie in peace. Necromantic posts will be deleted and the distrubed threads locked.
Thank you.
(Bonus points for you if you recognize the quote that started this post.)
If it's the second one, i actually think it should be more like 6 months or 1 year... but regardless i agree with you 100%.
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Re: It got into my thread and went bad...
This one.FluteOfTheNewWorld wrote:Or does it mean that they will stay but be deleted if they are brought back?
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Re: It got into my thread and went bad...
Oh ok.. yeah I 100% agree with you. Perhaps even 1 year is too long?Hostrauser wrote:This one.FluteOfTheNewWorld wrote:Or does it mean that they will stay but be deleted if they are brought back?
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Bandmaster wrote:So my word to the moderators is.... Allow old converstions to be brought up again, after all we get alot of new members every year and they weren't here to go through it last time.
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Re: Out from the cave
Yeah, you bring up good points and I enjoy reading what you post but can you just make a new thread from now on?
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Bandmaster edict
Bandmaster wrote:So my word to the moderators is.... Allow old converstions to be brought up again, after all we get alot of new members every year and they weren't here to go through it last time.
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Re: Out from the cave
Ok sounds good. Thank you.MIDPRONIUM wrote:Yes. I can definitely do that.FluteOfTheNewWorld wrote:Yeah, you bring up good points and I enjoy reading what you post but can you just make a new thread from now on?
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Re: It got into my thread and went bad...
Isn't it from Army of Darkness?Hostrauser wrote:...so I lopped it off with the chainsaw.
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Re: It got into my thread and went bad...
A winner is you!bassoonuba wrote:Isn't it from Army of Darkness?Hostrauser wrote:...so I lopped it off with the chainsaw.
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Haha that is GREAT idea!!! And we could have nominations!!!!DJ-PsiLon wrote:I propose that we set up a new section of the website called the "WoP Vault" which would be a set of classic threads that should be preserved for the rest of time. They would of course be locked so as to keep the mint value of the thread.
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