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Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin
As always happens, I've noticed many cases of people posting a new thread on a subject, then having some well-meaning individual do a search on the topic, only to find a thread from over a year ago, and say "Please search before you post". Anyone else have any ideas for this, or think I'm just crazy?
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I think people who want to start threads should definetly do a little bit of search if they think that they are coming up with a whole new topic because chances are that they might not be! This is especially true for those who are new in the forum ... like me
! It's also incorrect to kind of shut someones thread just because it is a topic that has already been discussed ... this new thread may have a different perspective on an old topic.
Anyway, this proposal would work and it would be easier for those who want to revive a thread or to start a new one on the same topic ... would not have to get stuck with quotes such as this one: "Please search before you post". And those who are purposely looking for information from any of those threads which have not been active since a certain time could just go to the archive!
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