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04-24-2017 12:59 PM - edited 04-24-2017 01:16 PM
Threads should be automatically locked after a reasonable amount of inactivity. I would say 6 months to a year.
That would stop people from restarting a 7 year old thread when they have a similar problem.
Case in point http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Can-I-set-XonLimit-and-XoffLimit-for-serial-port-communication/td-p/... thread from 2007 brought back from the dead then manually splitt off to a new thread, http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Re-Can-I-set-XonLimit-and-XoffLimit-for-serial-port/td-p/3617453
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04-24-2017 05:37 PM
Hello RTSLVU,
Thank you for your input. We agree with you in regards to having topics locked down after a certain amount of time.
We are looking to implement this when priority allows it.
Thanks,
Karina Barles
NI Community Support
04-24-2017 06:21 PM
It could also be a soft barrier that whenever somebody replies to an old thread, there should be a warning, alerting the poster to that fact and recommend to start a new thread.
04-25-2017 07:32 AM
I agree with altenbach. There are times when I would make a thread asking a question, and there would be work arounds at the time on how to do it, and I might even mark the post as a solution. Then years later a new feature in LabVIEW may make that work around not necessary so I could see posting a reply stating that the new method works better. I could make an entire new thread, linking to the locked one, but that feels disjointed especially if someone finds the old thread in a search, which wouldn't link to the new one.
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04-25-2017 08:32 AM
Another reason to keep older threads unlocked:
It is nice when someone finds an older thread that really helped them and they take a moment to thank the contributors.
04-25-2017 09:26 AM
Here's another instance where resurrection was beneficial.
I happened to find that one in a (Google) search, but I see the resurrection helped Hooovahh