Resurrection of Old Discussions

ForestR

Has anybody managed to work out why old or even very old discussions suddenly reappear and because most contributors don't notice the original date new but often no longer relevant comments are made because of the time lag.

My own theory is that a new discussion has been started with the same title and the system cannot differentiate between the two and thus the problems start. I have tried to test this by searching to find duplicates even using different search engines but to no avail.

I know it's only another minor issue but I am sure some of you find it just as frustrating as me.

Metheven

Doesn't bother me as I'm quite use to the oddness of this Forum, besides it adds for more postings. Even if it is the same old thing it helps keep the Forum from stagnating into a deathly silence.

brue

I think sometimes an old post gets liked on latest activity and then the next person joins in without noticing the date is old.

lornalou1

probably be better if the date was highlighted in a different colour like the

Quote | Report | Like

instead of quite a pale faded look.

Tinwheeler

Don’t suggest complicating matters further, LL. The system's barely coping now. The date's no big deal really.

huskydog

I like some of the old discussions

Tinwheeler

They’re a bit like old b&w films. I wonder if we'll see a rerun of Sunday Departures..... 

EasyT

Wasn't there a remake based on the original. Don't think there were any  of the original stars however!  

Metheven

It was in Black & White if I remember correctly

Unknown

The user and all related content has been Deleted User

huskydog

The world of CT can be a funny old place

KeithandMargaret

I've just been watching the WW11 film  'Went the Day well' - and no it didn't - just like these Forums

Dated - Thursday 30th November.

DavidKlyne

When I have discussed this with Rowena she has said that it's threads by the same name that can resurrect old threads. Perhaps the same is true of Brue's suggestion regarding liking an old discussion. The strange thing is, and one of the reason people might start posting in an old thread, is that most threads over about two years old have had all the original posts except the one made by the original poster Deleted User so it can easily look like a new post if you don't notice the date.

David

Hedgehurst

I'm wondering which breed of horse will be best for pulling my caravan. And do readers please have any recommendations for the best dealers to supply oats? I understand that different varieties of this useful cereal cause our equine friends to achieve various distances in terms of miles per peck, and would be glad to learn more.
Yours, etc.

cyberyacht

Dear Tinker of Tunbridge Wells, I've found that my old bullock is a far better tugger with plenty of low down torque although at the expense of outright pace.

SteveL

If the above is the case. Why don't they just delete all those old posts. If they are just the original OP, it's not as though we are loosing useful threads?

DavidKlyne

Why indeed Steve it would have made much more sense. The same is true of the Story Section as those posted before the latest edition of the forum are a complete mess with photographs all over the place. They Deleted User all the old site reviews so why not the old threads and stories. I do keep raising this issue but I suspect it's considered not important enough to allocate the IT time to do it?

David

Bakers2

If they are resurrected by new posts with the same title where does the newly started thread go? I always go in via latest activity and there are never 2 threads with the same title unless we are having the delay issues. I also don't check the date of the OP if it appears in latest discussions as that has date and day of post. So I'm not sure that it is explained away so easily 😉.

Still we will soon be celebrating a birthday, maybe our present will be all issues resolved 😂😂😭😭😤😤. The men in white coats are walking towards me as I type.......

young thomas

i guess no one will know if an 'old' post will be resurrected until a new one with exactly the same name is created?

if its this that really does cause a problem, there is no defense just by deleting old posts....

whats needed is a check at the point any new thread is started which issues a message along the lines of...'there is already a thread with this name, would you like to change your new name or add your post to the existing thread'.

this is how most systems avoid duplicates and the associated issues.

a bridge too far for CT....

Hedgehurst

Dear Sir,
Are you suggesting that the answer to my question may be a load of old bull?

Yours respectfully, etc

DavidKlyne

Bakers2

It does happen and the threads usually appear together, the newer one is not overwritten by the original. The problem is that people start responding to both threads before they realise one is five years old. However it is a fairly rare occurrence and I think in the scheme of things not a big issue. It would be nice for everything to work completely seamlessly but unfortunately it doesn't and I have not heard anything about any major changes about to happen to the forum. That doesn't mean that it won't happen at some stage in the future but I have learnt not to count chickens!!!

David

Kennine

That would be a great laugh.----- This forum doesn't do humerous fun threads like that any more. 

K 

Tinwheeler

But we have a few comedians, eh, K? 

Kennine

Yep,--  only five 

mickysf

I think not, once everyone fully understood that those legitamate slightly later departures were enshrined in the rules it died a death!

 

Tinwheeler

Some never understood. It didn’t die - it was killed.

JVB66

Or was it suicide

young thomas

euthanasia?

Kennine

Murdered 

SteveL

I thought it was a mercy killing.😂

Takethedogalong

I think their might have been an assisted suicide by one member! Slightly out of kilter with majority of other posters, opiniated lad from Northern reaches?