bringing up past topics for new members

Reply #20

Coin Toss — Sun, 07 May 2006 16:55:30 GMT

Everyone was a new member at some time, no?

On any given discussion board certain topics will come up over and over, maybe better to retrieve threads than re-post the same info - unles there is pertinent new info that has come up about it.

Reply #19

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Reply #18

LAVERNE MALONEY — Fri, 05 May 2006 01:20:50 GMT

I agree with Todd entirely. If one does not include the link to the old thread, then one will have Lottery Post members reposting the same info, no one wants to do double work when it is not needed.

Reply #17

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Reply #16

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Reply #15

Bluegrass — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:30:27 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by emilyg on April 25, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by four4me on April 24, 2006 Thanks em i know it's been a while. i hope he's alright. he might have been deployed.

he's in san diego.

Verlon, goarmy is at the Navy Base in San Diego, will be there for about 9 months...in training for a new ship that is being built. He will return to Illinois in January for about two months, then will be deployed.....Special ship being built for the transporting of NAVY S.E.A.L... [ More ]

Reply #14

emilyg — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:20:36 GMT

he's in san diego.

Reply #13

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Reply #12

bellyache — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:55:55 GMT

I think new members posting old topics are ok. Some discussions are bound to be repeated, but I agree with dvdiva that if the discussion is on posts that haven't been closed. Then new topics shouldn't be started.

Reply #11

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:45:45 GMT

hope he is safe wherever he is.i haven't seen him post in a while either......

Reply #10

four4me — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:35:28 GMT

Thanks em i know it's been a while. i hope he's alright. he might have been deployed.

Reply #9

emilyg — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:06:54 GMT

goarmy has not posted recently.

Reply #8

four4me — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:05:57 GMT

yea thats what i got references to his name but no posts in his username it was like his username dissapeared. maybe it was me i might have been tired. I typed his username and got a blank screen with no references to his posts. I eventually was able to check it out by clicking on his username in one of my old pm's from him.

Thanks Pac for your help

Reply #7

pacattack05 — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:49:32 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by four4me on April 24, 2006 Maybe it's me but I am not having a lot of success with the search engine... like I typed in GoArmy and I got nothing in return. I Wanted to see if he'd posted anything since his last post. I liked the old search engine better.

As for revisiting old topics.... if you want to re visit a a closed topic you should be able to send a request to the server to reopen the topic. Or Todd should lengthen the time a topic is left open to post to. Say... [ More ]

Reply #6

Todd — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:47:50 GMT

Maybe if you try selecting Username before you search you would be more successful.

If you don't do that it is search the message text, not who wrote it.

A year is way too long to leave a thread open. 1 month seems perfect.

Reply #5

four4me — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:44:11 GMT

Maybe it's me but I am not having a lot of success with the search engine... like I typed in GoArmy and I got nothing in return. I Wanted to see if he'd posted anything since his last post. I liked the old search engine better.

As for revisiting old topics.... if you want to re visit a a closed topic you should be able to send a request to the server to reopen the topic. Or Todd should lengthen the time a topic is left open to post to. Say up to a year after that if someone wants to re visit... [ More ]

Reply #4

dvdiva — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:30:41 GMT

Depends how old the topic is. Sometimes it's still in the first three pages and NOT ok. If it's not a recent topic then it's ok. Otherwise new people couldn't talk about those perennial topics like cash vs annuity or are all lottery winners stupid .

Reply #3

MrBobb — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:51:21 GMT

I voted "yes bring up past topics for new members sometimes."

I also think it's ok to "bump" older threads that are not locked IF they are about a topic that would be of interest to newer members ( for example, the "quick pick or your own numbers" poll ).

I agree with Todd that it is also important that people use the Search feature to find out what was said before.

Reply #2

Todd — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:08:45 GMT

It is OK to open discussion on old issues again, but it is also important that people use the Search feature to find out what was said before.

When you want to extend the discussion from a past [locked] thread, include the URL (link) to the old thread in your new topic.

To get the URL, scroll to the bottom of the thread page, and you'll find the URL next to the link graphic:

Microsoft IE users can just click the link, and it will automatically copy the URL to the clipboard, ready to be... [ More ]

Reply #1

Blackie — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:37:13 GMT

I say yes because there is alot of good info on here and sometimes doing a search doesn't work as well as asking someone if they know where to find something.

bringing up past topics for new members

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:54:10 GMT

do you think its ok to re visit past topics for newer members sake