"locking" old threads

[csgray]

Rob,
Is there an easy way to "lock" old threads so they can be read but not dredged back up for comments? I just had to scroll through pages of a 2 year old thread looking for new pertinent info, only to discover there wasn't any, just a tangentially related snippet of information.

There is a point when threads become outdated, useful for back research but not fruitful to start back up. Sometimes brand new members go through the archives and comment on a whole slew of old threads that many people here have already thoroughly hashed over with a few bruised toes and egos. Sometimes it is a nuts and bolts issue with formerly helpful information that just isn't relevant anymore which gets brought back up. It seems like it would be better if people would just start a new thread. I don't know anything about how forum sites run, but I wondered if there could be an automatic time limit on the life of a sleeping thread.
Mahalo for your patience and hard work for all us Punawebbers.

Thanks for all you

Carol

[Menehune]

csgray - great post - I agree! Mahalo!

"Each thing I do I rush through so I can do something else" - Cemetery Nights/Stephen Dobyns

[Rob Tucker]

There is a method of locking topics. It is all a value judgement and I lack time to go back
and assess 2,000+ topics as to their expiration dates.
I mostly depend on people to use some degree of judgment.
That doesn't always work.

Punaweb moderator

[EightFingers]

"... I mostly depend on people to use some degree of judgment.
That doesn't always work. ..."

I'm a moderator on a 79,000+ member forum and I can attest to that!

[StillHope]

Hey,Eghtfingers,which forum?
And being a moderator is a dangerous job -that's how you lost your 2 fingers?