Retiring posts

[falkpl]

I have seen a few too many times where people are adding on to posts in some cases a decade old.  Should posts expire / become read only after some time (i.e.. 5 years).  Some of the most silly replies come form people inquiring if a job is still available for 2006 thread (the company might not even exist anymore).  I would rather see a new well formulated post instead of an addon to a very old thread.  Do we really want to know how to do something in LabView 4.0?

[altenbach]

There should be some soft barriers for all attempts ot post to old or solved threads. This could be a popup window, or even better some bold red text above the composition window.

For example:

"You are trying to reply to a thread that had no activity for more than two months. Make sure that your reply is still relevant. If you have a new problem, please press cancel and start a new thread."

"You are trying to reply to a thread that has been marked as solved. If you think you have a better solution, please continue. If you are trying to find a solution to a similar problem, please press cancel and start a new thread".

[Laura F.]

Thanks for the idea Christian & Paul! I don't know that we have the ability to implement this feature now, but I will pass along the suggestion.

Regards,

Laura
Web Support & Operations
National Instruments