Necroposting - When is a topic dead?

I think when it isn't on the first two pages of a part of the forum it should be considered dead.

What about areas where there aren't many threads like the News and Announcements section?

The rule says 6 months.

2) Necroposting

a. Do not dig up old threads. If you want to continue an old discussion (older than six months), create a new thread and reference the old one in your post.

b. Necroposting will be considered in relation to the nature of its content. That is to say, while you may use older threads to discuss topics, if you don't add something new or innovative to the topic, the post will still be considered spam.

This is a discussion of whether the rules should be changed or not, Rom. Fey knows it's 6 months.

Meh, I like 6 months, like say its a news thread and it dies after 2 weeks, let's say 3 months later the case is solved Boom then its relevant. 6 months is fine, if a thread dies then it dies, certain threads deserve to be Dug up while others are garbage and should be thrown away as necessary I say we let the Forum decide by letting threads take there course down the Long road of Forgetfulness. and should it be dug up again because of the Enlightened ones. Then that is the course of its life.

It's hardly enlightened to dig up an old thread if you have nothing good to contribute to it.

Six months, I have yet to see someone go through that effort to find something six month and bring it back up. Two months might be better, unless its something big relating to the topic.

Personally, I think that a month limit is a little rediculous. Some things just keep coming up. It depends alot on the OP and the direction that the discussion takes. And some topics are just worth revisiting and reviewing the record of discussions. Look at the Libya superthread. Its pretty quiet now, but I expect for us to hear more about it in the near future.

This makes a little more sense to me. Though I would go for something more like 3-6 pages before calling it necroposting.

When it is really obvious that no one cares.

The rule was amended to remove the time limit so long as the post is relevant in the discussion of a topic. Necroposting as it is now is a euphemism for "old spam."

6 months is fine thank you very much.

Six months does seem a little bit too long, however, it almost completely eliminates this factor and saves space for the forum database. We could lower it down to a reasonable time limit, 4 months, maybe 3, but definately not half a year. Also, nobody likes having to go through sixty pages in a 5 month old thread to post about a topic the person is interested in, but wasn't there before when the discussion had started.

I am one of the worst offenders of Necroposting, I always forget to check the date. I say 2 months.

How though usually the old threads are near the bottom just don't look there unless there is a new post icon next to it.

6 months? If it's not on the first page or alerts as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist. Besides, if it was made shorter it would just be an excuse for people to whine about it.