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    #2
    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,867 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Just so we get it out of the way early, I'll post the token 'did you PM the mods?' response.


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    #3
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    I agree. It is funny. And it's not like it was dead for 5 years & only resurrected again yesterday by a "one post wonder".


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    #4
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    <inserts standard 'did you PM the mods?' response>

    FYP in keeping with tone of locked thread.


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    #5
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    what was the point of locking that thread? what purpose did it serve?


    you don't *have* to lock a thread, just because it's old. bit of discretion would be great. You don't own these threads, you're just looking after them.

    /my 2c


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    #6
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Just so we get it out of the way early, I'll post the token 'did you PM the mods?' response.


    <answers no, wanted to carry on pointless debate feedback style instead>


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    <inserts lolcat picture>


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Was a reason not given in the thread?
    It would be a good idea if reasons were given on threads being locked.
    Saves threads being set up in Feedback.

    Did you get in touch with the mod in question WindSock?


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    #9
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Didn't PM the mod. I thought it would be beneficial to discuss why the thread was locked over here.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    WindSock wrote: »
    I thought it would be beneficial to discuss why the thread was locked over here.

    Yes.
    But it would also be useful to know the Mods response first and then discuss, if necessary.
    Right now, it's just a one sided debate.


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    #11
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    <pm sent>


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    #12
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It's Cuckoo's Nest material.. why move other threads to that forum while that <pointless> one is allowed to stay? Just my opinion =p


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    #13
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,959 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    I normally agree with Sharpshooters locking sprees but I think this particular one is a step too far.


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    #14
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,959 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    My name is URL wrote: »
    It's Cuckoo's Nest material.. why move other threads to that forum while that <pointless> one is allowed to stay? Just my opinion =p
    Because its four years old and is a part of AH folklore at this stage. It goes away for a while and every now and again it pops up and the new people who haven't seen it before get to make their input to it.

    In four years it hasn't been locked by any mod team despite it making several comebacks, but now it deserves to be locked. Is this part of the 'new' AH?

    Its supposed to be satirical about posting styles on AH rather than just mundane mindless posting that exists in TCN.


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    #15
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    This is a few years old too and wasnt locked or moved?


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Because its four years old and is a part of AH folklore at this stage. It goes away for a while and every now and again it pops up and the new people who haven't seen it before get to make their input to it.

    Its supposed to be satirical about posting styles on AH rather than just mundane mindless posting that exists in TCN.

    I guess you're right.. but it's a bit pointless to have a rule against starting pointless threads while there's a completely pointless thread there with Mods posting in it.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Kiera wrote: »
    This is a few years old too and wasnt locked or moved?

    That thread is still pretty much as relevant now as the day it was started.

    I would imagine that the Pointless Debate thread would/could only go so far.


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    #18
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    That thread is still pretty much as relevant now as the day it was started.

    I would imagine that the Pointless Debate thread would/could only go so far.
    I get that but someone did still bring a 4yr old thread back to life.

    Would it not be better to let the pointless debate thread just run out of steam if its only going to go so far?


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    #19
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,959 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I would imagine that the Pointless Debate thread would/could only go so far.
    I disagree. A thread like that won't run out of steam as it is a skit of posting styles on AH. As AH has evolved so has the thread. It is current as it always highlights the current posting trends.


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    My name is URL wrote: »
    It's Cuckoo's Nest material.. why move other threads to that forum while that <pointless> one is allowed to stay? Just my opinion =p


    The mod has spoken. Oh, wait...


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    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    My name is URL wrote: »
    I guess you're right.. but it's a bit pointless to have a rule against starting pointless threads while there's a completely pointless thread there with Mods posting in it.

    Have less rules that box you into a corner would be my 2c on that connundrum.

    As to why a cuckoos nest thread should be in AH and not moved to tCN? Possibly because:

    a. It has been there for ages.
    b. Some people like a bit of vague silliness now and then in AH as a change from the generic rabble rousing and knee jerkism that is the mainstay of the place.
    c. A lot of people think tCN is very strange, even by AH standards and don't want to go in there any more than necessity/curiousity dictates.

    Old threads are generally bad things to have around, but one that has been periodically bumped with no previous closures is a bit different really. Just because the *rule* says old threads should be locked, doesn't mean it is necessarily true. It's not as if this is a hot topic discussion that someone migt reply to out of context because they don't think it is an old thread?


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    #22
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    4 years old?

    Who cares how old the thread is, the last update before today and yesterday was 14-01-2010, 13:36 Thats only a month according to my secondary level maths skills

    If a (not updated in) 4 years thread is risen from the grave then close it, but not an Active thread

    :facepalm


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    #23
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    WindSock wrote: »
    * Thread locked

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054878335

    This thread has been bouncing around AH for a few years harmlessly. Does it really need to be locked?

    23:17, 26th Nov 2007 Closed Thread Terry

    18:06, 13th Apr 2009 Opened Thread Tar.Aldarion
    _________________________

    As everyone can see the thread was closed before for almost 17 months.

    I'm not the first to lock it.
    Hill Billy wrote: »
    I agree. It is funny. And it's not like it was dead for 5 years & only resurrected again yesterday by a "one post wonder".

    See above.
    WindSock wrote: »
    Didn't PM the mod. I thought it would be beneficial to discuss why the thread was locked over here.

    As a mod yourself you know to PM a mod if you have a query, then the Cmod and then go to Helpdesk if you're still not happy with the answer you get.
    Quazzie wrote: »
    I normally agree with Sharpshooters locking sprees but I think this particular one is a step too far.

    It might appear to be a locking spree to users sometimes, but alot of the time there is only one or two mods on.
    It wouldn't seem like a spree if there were 4 or 5 locked threads all locked by different mods.
    Kiera wrote: »
    This is a few years old too and wasnt locked or moved?

    That thread was left open because it is relevant to the property market today.


    Kiera wrote: »
    I get that but someone did still bring a 4yr old thread back to life....
    ....that is still relevant today.

    5starpool wrote: »
    Old threads are generally bad things to have around, but one that has been periodically bumped with no previous closures is a bit different really.

    It had been closed before.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    why did *you* close it tho? Just because it was old? Ok, fair enough. Maybe you didn't realise it's a bit of a legend thread.

    It'd be great if it could be reopened, would you mind re-opening it please?


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    #25
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    tbh wrote: »
    why did *you* close it tho? Just because it was old? Ok, fair enough. Maybe you didn't realise it's a bit of a legend thread.

    It'd be great if it could be reopened, would you mind re-opening it please?

    Okay, looking over this thread it seems like most want it left open.

    So I will unlock it now to keep AHs posters happy.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    Okay, looking over this thread it seems like most want it left open.

    So I will unlock it now to keep AHs posters happy.

    thanks sharpie - appreciated :)


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    #27
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    As a mod yourself you know to PM a mod if you have a query, then the Cmod and then go to Helpdesk if you're still not happy with the answer you get.
    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    Okay, looking over this thread it seems like most want it left open.

    So I will unlock it now to keep AHs posters happy.

    Because it's not just about me. It's AH in general. That is why a thread is more beneficial here than between 2-3 people in Helpdesk.


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    #28
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Then be more honest about that Windsock. :):P Dont start a thread asking why was this thread closed, because if thats the information you are looking for, we dont have it. PM the mod, they are the only person who can answer you.

    If you want to start a thread that says "This thread was closed, not sure why, but I dont think it should have been because of <inserts rationalisation>* , can we have a discussion about closing old threads that are still running?".


    It might seem like the same thing to you, but some people get narked when they feel like the OP is acting the "raw prawn" as the aussies say... ie: being all innocent when really there is a subtext.

    You have a good point/question/issue... dont be afraid to tackle it head on is all I'm saying. It can be resolved amicably, as it has been. :)

    Just my 2c

    DeV.

    *did you see what I did there??


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    #29
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Fair enough, I will try to word my thread better in future rather than have it look as an indirect challenge.


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    #30
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    legendary-thread.jpg

    FC_NotEqual_41725_md.gif

    blogpost_milk_expirydate.png


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    #31
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    I don't get those pics???

    A not equals to sign, then a pic of an open milk (or similar) carton with the month spelt wrong.

    That meant to mean something?

    Edit: If there are more than 2 pics it may make sense, but I can only see 2 from work.


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