Dear Devs: Please lock threads that are 3-6 months old without new responses.

[Deceptus]

Getting really tired of a single troll able to control the front page by necro'ing months/years old threads.

[Iscah]

The obvious solution is to block the troll, not the threads.

There is value in being able to resurrect threads when appropriate.

[Deceptus]

The obvious solution is to block the troll, not the threads.

There is value in being able to resurrect threads when appropriate.

Blocking the troll only lets you not see their posts. They still bump useless threads back to the front page.

[Iscah]

Blocking the troll only lets you not see their posts. They still bump useless threads back to the front page.

I mean, for the moderators to block the troll from using the forum. Moderate the discussion.

[Avatre]

I mean, for the moderators to block the troll from using the forum. Moderate the discussion.

Based on current evidence...good luck with that. It seems they don't care about people resurrecting outdated threads where the information has changed, quite often drastically.

[ForteNightshade]

The obvious solution is to block the troll, not the threads.

There is value in being able to resurrect threads when appropriate.

As someone who moderated a hockey forum with over 25,000 members. I can count on one hand the amount of resurrected threads that weren't specifically to troll or simply not paying attention the dates. Obviously, a game forum differs but the same general rules apply. After a certain length of time, the topic just isn't relevant anymore.

[Iscah]

Also a alternate recommendation to be more proactive about locking specific threads that get overheated and should not continue even when current.

(Also threads that have clearly run their course and are being kicked up repeatedly by each incarnation of obviously-the-same-poster.)

[ADVSS]

Also a alternate recommendation to be more proactive about locking specific threads that get overheated and should not continue even when current.

(Also threads that have clearly run their course and are being kicked up repeatedly by each incarnation of obviously-the-same-poster.)

What bothers me is when some topic is about an issue thats been resolved for years. Like the tanks leaving a dungeon with no penalty that recently got resurrected. If its an issue ongoing, i understand. Otherwise, treat like the debug logs and call it resolved and lock it

[ICountFrom0]

How about no?

Culturally this board seems to prefer the bumping of old topics and merging of topics over the creation of new topics.

There is no desire to answer every question all over again every 6 months.

[Espritduo]

How about no?

Culturally this board seems to prefer the bumping of old topics and merging of topics over the creation of new topics.

There is no desire to answer every question all over again every 6 months.

If by "this board" you mean "one guy" then you are correct. The rest of us don't like it one bit.