Lock old threads

[RTSLVU]

Replying to a thread from 2013 that someone brought back from the dead today reminded me of this.

I still think locking threads after a certain amount of time is a good idea.

[aputman]

If a solution has been provided to the topic, I think the timeline for locking should be drastically reduced.  A conversation may still be in progress so it shouldn't be immediate.  Maybe after a month?  

[RTSLVU]

I think six months of no activity on any thread would be reasonable. 

You can always start a new thread and reference the old one if you are having a similar problem and the solutions in the original thread did not work.

[RTSLVU]

Even NI support Engineers agree that old threads should not be brought back from the dead a year later.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Integrating-PuTTY-into-Labview/td-p/1917473/page/2

adena.l wrote:
Hi Aitorplaza - Since this forum post is more than a year old I would recommend posting your question in a new thread. That way it will get more visibility from users. You can reference this thread in your new post!

 Adena L.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

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[RTSLVU]

A thread over a year old brought back from the dead just to make a snarky comment.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/VISA-Write-problem/td-p/3370752

[GerdW]

Another thread from the past with a snarky comment of a fresh "new member" user…

Please lock old threads!