Necropost Warning

[SusuKacangSoya]

Considering how high-tech this forum is (I'm not being sarcastic, this forum is one of the most up-to-date I've ever seen), I think it would be in order to display a necropost warning once a thread hasn't been replied to in 3 months. The date tag is easy to read, but small; Some users might check it always out of practice, but I don't believe JREF users in general would inherently check before replying.

Mild and sincere apologies if this feature is already implemented to some effect.

 

[thomas]

Thanks for your suggestion!

Excellent idea, and in fact we had this implemented in our vBulletin installation. I'll see if there's a comparable add-on for XF.

 

[thomas]

This has now been implemented. Currently, the cut-off date is set to 7 years. Users attempting to post to threads older than that will receive the following message:

Members will still be able to post, but will have to tick the checkbox.

 

[SusuKacangSoya]

If I may ask.. how easy it is to change the cut-off date?

 

[thomas]

If I may ask.. how easy it is to change the cut-off date?

Very easy. Seven years was randomly chosen, as we have several older threads that are still active. What age cut-off do you suggest?

 

[Mike Cash]

This is a very welcome development and much appreciated. Fewer man-hours went into building the Great Wall of China than have gone into typing our collective "please don't necropost" posts.

 

[WonkoTheSane]

Very easy. Seven years was randomly chosen, as we have several older threads that are still active. What age cut-off do you suggest?

I would go with one year.

The vast majority of the necros I've noticed are responses to questions about life in Japan, how to get something done, how to say a particular thing, etc. I'd venture to say that if someone hasn't figured out how to go about asking to use a restroom in a year, they've solved the problem another way

 

[thomas]

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