What do you think of gravedigging?

[Mr_Anderson]

I was just wondering how you guys felt about grave-digging (bringing up REALLY old threads.

[JediSonic]

Well in the case of bringing up the first thread ever, that was pretty funny.
I guess it depends but in most cases I dont have a problem with it.

[Saint Kevin]

Retro stuff rocks

[Link Antilles]

Hehe, I thought this was a thread on actual grave digging... I was like "what the freak? O_o" Anyways, I'm with the rules in place: only for a good reason. It clutters up the boards reviving dead threads of the past. I say, if it's really old start a new thread on the same topic for the new members throw their two cents in.

[Locke]

ditto kevin

i still have my old school nintendo

[uc pseudonym]

As a moderator, I think that gravedigging is a practice generally frowned upon.

Bringing up an old thread when you have something significant to add, or the issue has suddenly become prevalent is quite different from ressurecting a thread merely to post whatever whim has struck your fancy. The former is acceptable, the latter not so.

[TrigunX89]

Although I won't do it here out of respect, I think it's perfectly fine. I really don't understand why anyone would say it's bad.

[Mr_Anderson]

Another question, how old does a thread have to be to make it considered grave-digging?

[Hitokiri]

i think its ok if you want to create a thread but theirs already one

for instance I brought back the Lord of the Rings trivia thread cause I didn't want to make another one.

I find that good but just for other stuff for the sake of it, i find annoying.

[uc pseudonym]

To answer Mr_Anderon's question: a thread can be ressurected once the issue it concerned has been completely resolved. That can vary greatly depending on the thread. Bringing back a simple question would have been grave digging if it had fallen from the first page. The post your pic thread cannot really ever fall into this category.

Although I won't do it here out of respect, I think it's perfectly fine. I really don't understand why anyone would say it's bad.

For the following reason: it clutters the recent threads of the board with topics that have become irrelevant or had no good reason to see the light of day any longer.

[Mr_Anderson]

What about in the goof off section? i mean the bump thread got down to the 2nd page so i bumped it back up

[uc pseudonym]

The Goof Off section has no rules regarding gravedigging. Do so as much as you want. Regarding the other postless forum, Roleplay, I would suggest not gravedigging there, as it could get in the way of the current roleplayers.

[Golden_Griff]

I think grave-digging is an act of a newbie's ignorance (not necessarily in the negative sense). I've seen some threads which I had a thing or two to say but gave it a second thought when I looked at the date of the last post. As others have said, it can get annoying if every single new member were to go and revive a thread that's as old as ice.