resurrecting old threads

[Ron Scott]

What's the etiquette regarding adding to an old thread? Am I better off starting a new thread on the same subject or adding to an old (+3 years) thread?

[Dean Romig]

It's perfectly OK to add to an old thread... Doing so will rejuvenate the thread and will bring it back to the top. There's certainly no harm in that.





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[John D.]

Absolutely - what Dean said..

John D.

[Ron Scott]

OK thanks -- I love the ability to search threads -- so much info hidden in these pages

[Mills]

Of course, there are a few threads that don't need resurrecting, but it ought to be obvious which ones those are

[John Knobelsdorf II]

And in the great circle of life for the inter-webs - someday, this thread may be found by a searcher and resurrected too.

I favor revisiting old threads to add new postings when there is new insight or information to share. This gives me the benefit of collective prior history all in one place.

[OH Osthaus]

agreed - if there is a story that can be added to - consider it like a revised edition of a book - if the author finds new information, he adds it to the existing narrative, wouldn't make a lot of sense to exclude the history and leave the new stuff hanging out there on its own

I would only add that if you are afraid the original thread was already too long, or your new post is taking an obvious tangent - you can always add a link to the old thread just as a reference