Necro threads

I do agree that threads should be close after X time so that would avoid the necro.

Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Would agree on the auto-close, suggested this before. What I believe to be the problem, though, is that they would need an unofficial vBulletin plugin to achieve this, and I don't think PWE is very eager to use that.

But do note that most necros are unrelated to the thread, like in a thread from 2008 discussing the boutique, and someone necroes it with ''whats the best class?!?!? plzplplzplz''.

Thread clutter is hardly an issue here, even General Discussion doesn't move a page on some days. It's better to have new threads anyway, keeps things fresh.

For now, though, there would be a simpler action: a moderator just deletes the necro post (and ones after that) and locks it, this also removes the thread bump and puts the thread back where it belongs.

This. Although the main reason the majority of necros are not handled that way is because then people wonder why the thread was closed and don't know who to ask. Most aren't doing it purely to annoy everyone.

thebackupplan wrote: »

^pisses people off when they have something relevant to say, or an idea, and then it dissapears or the thread gets locked right when a disscusion is starting.

While I do understand this statement, it would be more productive to create a separate thread where it's more focused on them and their question, not muddled with other irrelevant info.

thebackupplan wrote: »

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=619111

^ a thread I posted in after searching for the topic to see if it has been done before, as per your forum rules, which come to think of it is pointless if we cant post in old threads, and it's better just to make a new one.


http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=690942&highlight=helmet+display

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another person such as myself who decided to post about this topic but wait this person searched first and made a new one and was verbally abused for his trouble.

A lot of topics have been discussed a lot, and they die because the majority of the playerbase do not want or have come to accept that the odds they are going to happen are almost astronomical. We can't force people to agree with other posts, nor would we want to. Both criticism (as long as people are not name-calling, flaming, and in general breaking ToS) and praise are both welcome in any suggestion. If something has been suggested numerous times and the answer is always "no," then the person learned that by searching and risks annoying others by posting it anyway. That's true of any given topic anyone posts about. The necro rule is to maintain order and to ensure the most prominent information in the forums is only the information that is actually still relevant. Some suggestions do get overly criticized but usually those are ones that have been suggested overly often when the answer is no, and has been no for a long time. I understand the frustration when you want to say more about a topic, but that is what a new thread is for and you will not get into trouble for making a new thread about a dead topic. With the exception of the topics in a sticky. Who knows maybe in that time-span people's opinions on the issue will have changed.

thebackupplan wrote: »

So I think it would be really a great idea to close any thread that hasnt been posted in in "X" amount of days, or if people are posting relavant things in it again perhaps leave it be.

We do take that into account. The problem is that most don't.

thebackupplan wrote: »

And my post wasn't in that list, and the old reasons for it not bein an option i dont belive are valid anymore since head fashion, but thats off topic.

The suggestion box asked me if I thought you were "noobin it up" and closing threads people are posting in is a pretty noobish thing to do. So I think it would be really a great idea to close any thread that hasnt been posted in in "X" amount of days, or if people are posting relavant things in it again perhaps leave it be.

And that's why a new thread would be better.


The threads are closed because they are violating forum policy. And most necros end up with a sea of "+1s" if we don't close them. Discussion is just plain problematic in a necro-ed thread and there is literally nothing that cannot be accomplished in a new thread that links back an old thread rather than the necroed one itself. Please just try to follow the forum rules to avoid thread closure in the future. BTW, as Krisnda has pointed out there are rare exceptions that we do take into account. For example, most guides are not closed regardless of whether or not they have been stickied.

thebackupplan wrote: »

And that makes perfect sense to me. however You've probably noticed there's a large portion of people who dont read the rules first, and by closing the threads when they die you would eliminate the entire necro issue.

Moderators are simply players like yourself. We have to moderate the forums on top of our jobs rather than it being our job. I would love to be able to prevent any necros from happening by going through all these posts and clsoing the threads, but just isn't really feasible. So we just have to use this system in the meantime.

Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Well, that's not quite what I meant. I mean that if there were an official statement on the matter, it would be nearly impossible to clearly explain what would make a necro bump acceptable and what would not.

And even then you'd still have people just doing whatever they want because ''It's not against the rules!!''.

True enough.

thebackupplan wrote: »

I was more suggesting an update to the forum itself where it will automatically close a thread that hasn't been posted in in X amount of days. Obviously an option to turn this feature off or on for certain topics or threads would be needed. Making your lives as mods easier.

I just figured if PWI can create a whole virtual world and modify it on a bi-weekly basis, adding options/features to a forum should be child's play.

b:chuckle. I like this post.

As much as I want this, there's one major drawback.

How am I supposed to spam +1s in necro'd threads when necros become more difficult to create?!