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Question Regarding "Necroposting"

Post by Thanos6 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:56 pm

Namely, what qualifies as necro-posting?

Most of the boards I've been to don't have that rule, and the few that have all disagree as to where the necro-posting line is.

So where is it on this board? I don't want to post in something that's "safe" elsewhere but "necrotic" here and get in trouble.

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Post by tarsonis » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:39 pm

If a thread has been inactive for several weeks or more (in my opinion I would say at least 3 weeks), it would be considered necroposting to reply to it. This doesn't apply to stickied threads though.
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Post by desirecampbell » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:56 pm

I wouldn't call "a couple of weeks" necroposting if the question's still unanswered, but if the topic has been sufficiently covered and the discussion has drifted off-topic, there's no reason to reply again.

When in doubt, start a new thread. If someone's complains that "there's already a thread on this" tell 'em you didn't want to necropost.
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Post by Leotaku » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:30 am

Just a note, be careful with this; sometimes, someone will link to one topic from another topic. If you reply to the linked topic, make sure it's not too old. :lol:
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Post by desirecampbell » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:47 am

Leotaku wrote:Just a note, be careful with this; sometimes, someone will link to one topic from another topic. If you reply to the linked topic, make sure it's not too old. :lol:
Also, the person who links to that topic is in no way responsible for the necroposts :oops:
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Post by Eclipse » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:43 pm

And if you DO post on a old topic, and realized it seconds after you pushed the 'Submit' button, there's always the handy Delete.
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Post by Leotaku » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:40 am

Also, the person who links to that topic is in no way responsible for the necroposts
Haha, yeah. We need to write a legal contract regarding this. :P
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Post by Blastero » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:17 pm

Leotaku wrote:
Also, the person who links to that topic is in no way responsible for the necroposts
Haha, yeah. We need to write a legal contract regarding this. :P
I think the Daizenshuu EX forum needs its own constitution. :lol:
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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:28 pm

I wonder which forums Thanos visits, most that I visit all too swiftly give the boot to chronic necro posters.
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