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Administration => Announcements => Topic started by: Mao on December 21, 2007, 10:26:52 am

Title: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: Mao on December 21, 2007, 10:26:52 am
For new users/lurkers:

AN has many threads. Sometimes you get lost in all the reading. While you're digging through all the boards of miscellaneous discussions, you're going to run into some thread on page 15 that you feel you would like to reply to.

Please don't, that thread has been sleeping, people haven't bothered to look at it for a while now. Unless you have a good reason (like new materials that will reignite the discussion), please don't wake it up. (This act is called necromancy)

Look for the red text just above the post dialogue. If there is a warning telling you the post is more than XX days old, please don't revive it unless you have a good reason. Otherwise, we encourage you to start a new topic.

Cheers,
Mao

PS. The original post was written 4 years ago. Read below for the original immature version.



Original post:

Quote from: myself, a long time ago. preserved for entertainment values
as the topic suggests, u should all know what forum necromancy is....
(http://web.aanet.com.au/metaphore/forum-necromancy.jpg)
BAD~~~~~!!!  :o

lol ppl please dnt post in dead topic (like a few weeks old) and bring it back up with a single comment, like "i would've voted yes but it's closed now, but i agree with ur opinion"
new people i understand that ur new and eager to find out everything about this forum, but there is simply too much to read, when i first joined up i was trying to read everything, and gave up 2 days later (and never completed that task for the matter)

its easier if u eased into posting, and slowly become a forum whore,  ;D (lol that is so me)

at the end of the day, let the dead topics rest in peace...  :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:

xD
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Collin Li on December 21, 2007, 10:54:44 am
Seconded. Necromancy is annoying unless there is something important you have to say about it. If it's just another plain opinion (yes, no, or something that's already been discussed), there's no need to revive it.
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Toothpaste on December 21, 2007, 12:42:10 pm
Dead corpses smell bad too. Stop digging them up.
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Wst on December 21, 2007, 12:49:20 pm
I suggest that most dead topics should be deleted after an extended amount of time, if there is no point in reviving them.
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Toothpaste on December 21, 2007, 12:56:43 pm
I suggest that most dead topics should be deleted after an extended amount of time, if there is no point in reviving them.

Lock rather than delete, so that they can still be readable. :)
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Mao on December 21, 2007, 01:08:14 pm
I suggest that most dead topics should be deleted after an extended amount of time, if there is no point in reviving them.

Lock rather than delete, so that they can still be readable. :)
me thinks they should be fine just left alone, until someone digs the corpse up, then lock if necessary =P
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Odette on December 21, 2007, 01:11:50 pm
Don't worry everyone, i sent a pm to the person =)
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Odette on December 21, 2007, 01:43:16 pm
Oh and Mao, don't post that forum necromancy picture.... or i'll be forced to delete your posts as well
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Mao on December 21, 2007, 01:44:52 pm
:P okay
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Odette on December 21, 2007, 01:48:35 pm
:P okay

I've deleted them now... because there were quite a few =)
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Mao on December 21, 2007, 01:52:05 pm
:P okay

I've deleted them now... because there were quite a few =)

hehe, i'll just put it up in this thread, then ppl can admire the magic xD
PLZ DONT TOUCH!!!!
hehe
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Odette on December 21, 2007, 01:57:23 pm
Alright just one :P
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Eriny on December 21, 2007, 02:48:44 pm
I think it's okay if they have something to contribute that's useful or if they have a question that relates to the topic. But yeah, some old threads really don't need revival.
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: bubble sunglasses on December 22, 2007, 01:25:04 am
Dead corpses smell bad too. Stop digging them up.

 DON'T PISS ME OFF! I'm running out of the places to hide the bodies
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Mao on December 28, 2007, 02:15:47 pm
apologizing for reviving my own dead, but....

can we please pin this thread? or put it in the code of conduct PLZ??? :'(

the amount of reviving makes baby jesus cry..... :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: Collin Li on December 28, 2007, 02:16:49 pm
Your posts are rather annoying. If you dislike necromancy, send them a smite. A post is not necessary.
Title: Re: Forum Necromancy & newcomers
Post by: melanie.dee on December 28, 2007, 02:18:15 pm
pal. thread reviving is when the thread is olddd, really old, like more than a few months old. that barely ever happens on here.

your constant posts complaining about reviving a 3 day old thread are somewhat more annoying than the reviving itself :)
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: AppleXY on December 30, 2007, 12:07:17 pm
Exactly.
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: Ren on December 30, 2007, 11:03:55 pm
Your posts are rather annoying. If you dislike necromancy, send them a smite. A post is not necessary.

agreed, posting about it is just spamming the forums...
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: Andy on January 01, 2008, 11:45:22 am
cough.. cough. shuffles papers and looks sheepishly around
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: Andy on January 01, 2008, 12:27:12 pm
omg i better not come to this section anymore. I'm treading in dangerous territory! :0
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: Toothpaste on January 01, 2008, 12:51:21 pm
Double posting combined with useless posts might also be a crime.

Oh wait, that's called spam.
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: enwiabe on January 01, 2008, 12:57:35 pm
I am the spam police. You are all banned. Forever.

Happy new year! :D
Title: Re: NEW USERS: Forum Necromancy. (Revival of Dead Threads) MUST READ
Post by: heids on January 31, 2018, 07:36:29 pm
hi mao nice thread