[NGTM-1R]

So the argument about monkeys, bananas and water jets seems to be still standing...

Perhaps if you're not reading his post, this would be true. However he's offered one; necros are normally contentless, and this is frowned upon. Non-contentless necros are not.

Or you're interpreting a blanket rule where there is not one, but that seems also to be reading-related problems.

[rscaper1070]

Necroing this thread in a couple of years is going to be awesome. 

[assasing123]

uh how did you manage to get a reply on july 20 if its july 19? O,o

[jorgealdo]

In my "necroing" post i added substance, yet it was locked. So the rule doesnt seem to be followed...

[MatthTheGeek]

Your answer unfortunatelly can be summarized as :

There a good reason not to.
I wont say the reason.
Get off my lawn.

And maybe you should follow this advice, for one.

[The E]

In my "necroing" post i added substance, yet it was locked. So the rule doesnt seem to be followed...

Yes, however, you were ressurecting a discussion that was 4 years old by the time you made that post. In those cases, we prefer people to make new threads, because it saves everyone involved the hassle of having to read the old thread in order to properly evaluate your statements.

Just as we dislike contentless necros, necros that were made to bump a topic everyone has already forgotten about are also disliked.

There are reasons to bring back old threads. Continuing discussions that everyone involved has (presumably) forgotten and moved past is not among them. In fact the only reason to bump threads that old is to post an update for a release.

[jorgealdo]

so whats the hard limit on the ammount of time from the last post ?

[BlueFlames]

so whats the hard limit on the ammount of time from the last post ?

A warning will pop up, before you reply to any post more than thirty days old.  That's probably a safe guideline.

[Droid803]

Alright, so you want reasons not to, well, I can't speak for everyone on the board, or the administration's reasons, but these reasons are why I don't particularily like it.

If there's a dumb necro like "can't wait to see it in game" which adds absolutely nothing to the thread whatsoever and just dredges up something that might be entirely irrelevant to the current state of affairs up again, it's better off just not saying it.

Even if you have something to add to the discussion, if it's a discussion that's been dead for four years, chances are everyone has said what they wanted to say. Dredging it up again just because you happened to miss the discussion while it was taking place just makes it seem like some sort of attention whoring thing - they stopped talking about it four years ago, but WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS SO BRILLIANT everyone will suddenly care again. At least, that's partially the impression it gives. Chances are if it's that old, the discussion has concluded - everyone has forgotten about it, or moved on. If there's really something new worth discussing then you could make a new thread for it. I think having multiple threads on the same thing isn't a bad thing per-se, as long as the others are dead. It's certainly less awkward than opening up a thread to see a post you made four years ago being replied to...which is like a "wut" moment. Half the time the discussion isn't even pertinent to the title anymore.

Even if it is a Q/A thread, I'd still just open a new thread and make reference to any previous ones that may be related. Keep issues separate, as they might not be as similar as one might initially believe...

I don't see anything wrong with wanting to participate but, "there's a time and place for everything", sometimes that time is past. If you feel there's a new development that warrants renewed discussion, then make a new thread. If there isn't really and you're just responding to something because it's there, then I think timing as a lot to do with it.

[jorgealdo]

Or maybe the person wasnt looking at the last post date ?

[MatthTheGeek]

That's why (as stated a good dozen times in this thread) there is a red warning telling you it's been more than 30 days since last post.