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[Darkdragon]

Professor Flitwick, on 10 January 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

thread necromancy

I loled and I'm at work. Thanks a lot!  

[BobBongo1895]

Ok, thanks for your explanations.

Don´t panic, I´m not the one who needs a huge posting count for my ego.

It was just a question how to react here in the right way.

I will follow the guidelines.

Thank you both.

[Professor Flitwick]

You're welcome Bob. Also, welcome to Eurobricks.   

darkdragon, on 10 January 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

I loled and I'm at work. Thanks a lot!  

Glad to have brightened you day, dark!

[CallMePie]

darkdragon, on 10 January 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

I loled and I'm at work. Thanks a lot!  

I wouldn't laugh. It sounds like a moste grotesque art.  

[glyn]

Regarding this thread: http://www.eurobrick...7

I'm sorry if I happened to use the search facility to dig out an old thread. Surely that is what it is there for?

I happened to have an interest in this set, and therefore felt it within my rights to post on what was clearly not a locked thread. It seemed far easier to post on that thread than go through a whole description about the set I was discussing.

Why did I not use the "What did you Buy Today?" thread? Because I didn't buy it today, nor recently, it is something I brought out of the cupboard.

You then helpfully locked it so that I could not reply to your particularly unwelcoming comment. Not a good way to encourage new-ish members. I'm sure that you will dismiss this comment and quite possible respond with a sarcastic message, but I personally felt obliged to respond.

Edited by glyn, 01 April 2012 - 05:40 PM.

[Sinner]

If you read the Guidelines, you'd be able to answer this question yourself. Since you did not, I advise you to read this.

Siegfried, on 18 July 2010 - 03:16 AM, said:

I'm revisiting this old topic to remind people of our stance on this!   In summary;


1. Eurobricks is site about LEGO and as long as I am here, that will remain its focus. For that reason posting in an old LEGO topic is always better than posting in an old community topic. The entire community forum is just here so people can share off-topic interests and get to know each other better. For that reason Community topics date really fast so as a rough guideline anything older than a month is dubious. But as always, it does depend on the details. Topics like EB Members' titles archive are obviously different, as are ones like Car Talk if you've posted in them in the past.

2. Sales topics are a special example. People often bump there for purely selfish reasons and this is just not acceptable. When one topic is bumped up, the rest are bumped down. With settings of 40 topics per page there are topics in that forum covering about 15 days. Thus if someone posts a topic in there it'll be reasonably viewable for 2 weeks, so there really is no need to bump. If no one wants the items it's better to just accept it rather than being selfish and sabotage someone else's chance. What is classed as bumping in a sales topic? Well the ones in the link above are blatant examples but several "updates" in a row without any posts from other members is much the same. Ultimately the best way to tell is simple; ask yourself why are you posting. If it's really to add something you should be OK, but if you have any doubts, or if little or no interest has been shown in your post, then you probably shouldn't post the update. There are other ways to sell LEGO after all.

3. LEGO reviews don't date. Thus if you have something relevant to say then feel free to post in a topic, but if it's more than a few months old please make sure it's good.... and if it's been a few years it better be really good! For example, if you liked the review or set and want to say so you probably shouldn't. If you've got an answer to a question (such as "Does anyone have pictures of the alternate model?) then by all means post! What you shouldn't do is ask questions to the original poster; he/she may not even visit EB any more.

4. LEGO MOCs do date, but once again if you have something important to add then it's OK. It may sound lame, but knowing the original poster or being a long term member really makes the difference here.

5. LEGO or site issue topics are almost always OK to post in. For example, the Brickshelf topic or the I'm in Outline view and don't know how to get out will always be relevant.

6. Who you are and how often you do it is a major factor as well. Do it three times in a day and you'll probably annoy someone, especially if you're a new member. Do it once a month and you'll probably get away with it, even if it's for a lame reason.


In short, it's all common sense and it's hard to make clear rules about it. Feel free to consider these them if you want!  

One thing that I need to emphasise is why reviving old threads can be a bad thing. Here's a few;


1. People come and go and times and opinions change. Quoting someone, asking a question, or just assuming something based on past posts can annoy members and cause offense.

2. There's only room for so many recent topics and each bumped one bumps out another. (This is especially in the BSTF forum.) This makes it hard to find the real new topics and can cause silly topic bumping wars and make a mess of everything. This is really annoying for people who don't have much time and find that the "new" topic they opened is really something they read last year that was bumped so someone could say "that's Kool!".

3. Some topics are just silly to post in. For example, Happy Birthday HappyOwl! isn't too relevant now...


If you have any further questions please ask away!

[glyn]

Siegfried, on 01 April 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

If you read the Guidelines, you'd be able to answer this question yourself. Since you did not, I advise you to read this.

If those are the rules, then I apologise for the initial post and for not thoroughly being aware of the guidelines. But I think a more welcoming way of pointing that out to me would have been in order.

However I maintain that the forum was unlocked, therefore a simple way of ensuring people don't adhere to the guidelines would be to lock threads of a certain vintage. The search facility was clearly very effective and therefore people will naturally just reply to a thread if they stumble upon it without necessarily checking the dates.

[Teh Stud]

I agree with glyn!  

[CorneliusMurdock]

Teh Stud, on 26 April 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

I agree with glyn!  

If you're trying to be funny as the smiley implies, you're not being successful.  Please stop.

[Teh Stud]

CorneliusMurdock, on 26 April 2012 - 06:04 AM, said:

If you're trying to be funny as the smiley implies, you're not being successful.  Please stop.

I don't see the harm in replying to old threads.

[Rick]

Teh Stud, on 26 April 2012 - 06:17 AM, said:

I don't see the harm in replying to old threads.

I refer you to Sinner (Siegfried)'s earlier post in this thread.