1 - ANGELO
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Close old posts
Is it possible close older posts in Flag Offers and Request Flags ??
Newbies continues to sending flags after 3 years old posts and more ....
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- Jens
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Re: Close old posts
Well,
That sounds like a very god idea. The problem is that I'm not be able to evaluate if the offer is still current even if the initiators have not been loged in for a while.
You might report those topic for consideration and we would give them a deeper review.
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- holland25
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Re: Close old posts
Or you can simply ask Jens to close the topic 
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- markmaierody
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Re: Close old posts
No ... Who knows when the next old topic will arise from it's death.
- bghardrock
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Re: Close old posts
I think it is must more reasonable to make a system who can delete a locked post after a period of time
After a period of one or two weeks if someone dont ask for unlock the topic the system to be configured to delete automatically.
That will save a lot of nerves and time on Jens believe me
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- Jeremy
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Re: Close old posts
We try not to ever delete postings, as there is a wealth of knowledge here. Many people come here and use the search feature to find answers to their questions, even users who do not post here at all. I think it sounds reasonable to automatically close a topic after a certain number of days, or at least we could add a prominent warning that the thread is old and it would be better to start a new one.
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- bghardrock
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Re: Close old posts
sounds fair
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- Lorelei
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Re: Close old posts
Well, Jeremy, closing that Wallis Futuna offer would be sensible. The person who offered has returned to France like 6 months ago.
- rob12345
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Re: Close old posts
Jeremy wrote:
We try not to ever delete postings, as there is a wealth of knowledge here. Many people come here and use the search feature to find answers to their questions, even users who do not post here at all. I think it sounds reasonable to automatically close a topic after a certain number of days, or at least we could add a prominent warning that the thread is old and it would be better to start a new one.
I think this is fine as a general principle, it is just in "Flag Offers" that a posts usefulness is likely to expire at some point.
- holland25
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Re: Close old posts
Yep, topics in the flag offers section are always useless.
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