Wasn't one of the postcard puzzles by Brumas recently revived and solved after being in the doldrums for a long time. As fourm member has said though the thread could be renewed with a link to it perhaps. I can't see any reason to keep things for ever that are not really any good to anyone.

I'd go with the four week option myself, possibly with a hint somewhere on the site that it's quite permissible to open a new thread, with a link to the old one. That way, anyone with an unresolved problem/point/view can start a new thread as an update, with a "link to original thread".

I doubt that would be needed much; in most of the forums, four weeks takes you back several pages - and it is rare for a thread this old, or older, to be usefully woken up.

I really can't see why a thread needs to run for more than 4 weeks

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Quickbeam

If after a month with no response if the thread is locked maybe they can start a new one.

Obviously as this is a new idea it looks like trial and error until they get it right.

I would think that most threads in the helproom would be fixed or sorted within 4 weeks.

Speakers corner and Consumerwatch may take a bit longer some of them lasts for years.

So maybe if it can be done any post without a response for 30 days maybe closed.

I suppose it would be harder to track that way and not sure if it could be done.

Mind you you will always get a response while spammers are about.

simonjary

Another of my pet hates in My posts is Discussions you have started, I think it should be removed which would give a lot more room for Discussions you have contributed to.

At the moment you have to open about 6 pages just to get to something that was posted only a week ago.

Not sure what others think about that.