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Rules for necro posting

Discussion in 'Site Related Support' started by Ghosthree3, Jun 17, 2014.

  1. Ghosthree3

    Ghosthree3 Unspeakable DLP Supporter

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    I'm aware that necro posting is generally considered bad practice and would never bump a thread that's unbelievably old for no reason other than "lol, I agree".

    But what is the expectation for posting in threads older than 30 days, if you have something to actually add.

    For example, I sort of want to give my thoughts on one of the WIP stories in the Library, however the last post was about 3 months ago.

    Is the expectation that if a story hasn't been discussed in 30 days it should be filed away? If no, does this rule only apply to story discussion, other, random topics, should not be necro'd like this.

    If it was just up to me I'd bump it, but every forum has different rules so I was just wondering what they were here.

    ...Saying that they're probably written down somewhere, regardless, I'll post this anyway. (Don't lynch me).

    EDIT: Ok, read the moron thread. So I guess I'm somewhat of a moron.

    Seems library threads are exempt from the necro rules, so mod can lock/delete this thread unless I'm wrong.
     
  2. Jon

    Jon The Demon Mayor Admin DLP Supporter

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    Library is immune to 'necroposting' as long as it's an actual review/information about the story.

    Generally use your common sense.

    Ask yourself:

    "Would people want to read what I'm about to posting."

    "Does this contribute to the thread."
     
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