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Old 01-07-2013, 08:10 AM   #15
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It is not skewing the argument it is why BetterRed made the argument to begin with. If you look at post 2 above you'll see I recognize that Old Threads have their place, but making the Old Thread Warning easier to see would benefit all forums.
Ok, my post was badly phrased. By narrowing the argument down to technology threads ignores the fact that many threads on MR are about ideas, books and general discussions, and the fact that they get resurrected matters not one bit.

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This is what I do by hand in the Calibre forum, when I catch them, in order to give folks a heads up.
I agree that good practice, particularly in technology threads, would be to open a new thread and make reference to an old one, rather than post to the old thread.
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