MouseSlave has been looking for interesting things to comment on and in so doing has bumped some old threads. Someone reproached MouseSlave for this and I responded:

Sorry everyone...I'm new here and didn't know threads had a deadline as to when they could no longer be discussed. I thought that as long as the thread was here, if you found something interesting and wanted to add your two cents along with everyone else who did it was ok...can someone explain the rules about posting a reply? :(

If you ask me -- and you did, in a way -- if you find something interesting but the header says "Saturday night" and the first post date is frickin' December maybe you should just start a new thread and cut-and-paste it in so people don't think the thread is about last Saturday night.

That's what I suggest.

So I'm practicing what I preach and starting a new thread.

--t

So I'm practicing what I preach and starting a new thread.

So...where's the old one? :)

There's no expiration date that I know of. It's just a matter of common courtesy to start a new discussion on the same topic.

So...where's the old one? :)

Here. (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=35256) The header, "Saturday night at the Park," is more misleading than other, more easily-datable ones. Starts in December, bumped early this morning. Scroll down a little.

--t

Here's a FAQ entry that addresses this issue (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=8493).

It's a matter of "netiquette" and falls under the same category as typing in ALL CAPS, using non-descriptive thread titles, and flaming n00bs.

It's a matter of "netiquette" and falls under the same category as typing in ALL CAPS, using non-descriptive thread titles, and flaming n00bs.
Wait, which of those are we not supposed to do?

:D

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO CREATE AN AVATAR????

:p

you know whats funny about not dredging up old threads, when you bring up a new question and it happends to be in an old thread You get a link about the old thread and told to go there and read! !

Linking to them = good
Posting to them = bad
:D

I was thinking about the same thing old threads and repetitive threads. When I posted in old threads I was told I was bringing up stale threads. To resolve this I started new threads on the same subject and I'm told I'm creating repetitive threads. Damned if I do and damned if I don't. :rolleyes:

Usually it has to do with how recent things are and if the same people are still around to talk about it.

If you are aware of an older thread and want to start a new thread on the same subject, you can avoid the inevitable "we discussed this here before" type of response by simply linking to the original when you start the new one (as the FAQ (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=8493) suggests).

But usually, the reason most people will link you to the original when you repeat a recent (or sometimes stale) question/discussion is to give you the opportunity to read about what was said before. It's not necessarily an effort to shut you up about it. Sometimes the people in the older thread may have had some insight that was good and either they are no longer around or just don't want to have to repeat themselves so you'd lose out on what they said too.

I had an image of all the MP mods and admin dressed in fancy lawyer clothes and stacks of MP legalese papers sitting in front of them. "Well, the MP code of conduct says...." :p Maybe I've read one too many Grisham novels.

[DERAIL] I had an image of all the MP mods and admin dressed in fancy lawyer clothes

Get out your Official MousePad Barf Bag. The truth can set you free but it can also be yucky.

Usually, we're buck naked. I know I am.

Get out your Official MousePad Barf Bag. The truth can set you free but it can also be yucky.

Usually, we're buck naked. I know I am. :eek: Since when did MP become a nudist colony? I usually sit around in just my undies, hence the no pants at MA. ;) Now I'm sure when you all meet me in person you might be picturing me without pants. :eek: Great, now I'm scaring myself!

Usually, we're buck naked. I know I am.I'm usually wearing socks.

I'm usually wearing socks.Just don't wear those to be or while having sex because they will make fun of you here at the forums. ;)

What?? You mean I don't have to wear these tights and the cape?

I had an image of all the MP mods and admin dressed in fancy lawyer clothes and stacks of MP legalese papers sitting in front of them. "Well, the MP code of conduct says...." :p Maybe I've read one too many Grisham novels.
You want it, you got it. Here it is, the one, the only, the SUPER SECRET....
MP code of conduct (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40)!

You want it, you got it. Here it is, the one, the only, the SUPER SECRET....
MP code of conduct (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40)!Ack! :eek: He threw the book at me!