Archiving threads?

[Sirène]

So some enterprising new poster decided to resurrect "What instructional DVDs/Videos you have?" which was active 2007-2009, with a handful of additional posts in 2010.

It got me wondering, are posts here ever archived (i.e. locked)? :think:

The reasons for the new poster resurrecting the thread aside , I thought I might read through it. Then I realized there were 200+ posts/24 pages — :shok: um... no thanks, especially since I'm not even sure the information is still applicable 2+ years later.

I'd like to start a new "What instructional DVDs/Videos you have? Part II" (or "WID/VDYH 2011") thread, but there's no point if a mod will just merge them together — at which point it should be renamed "How Unwwieldy Will This DVD Thread Grow?" :lol:.

Is there a point at which inactive threads expire/are archived? Should there be?

 

[Mosaic]

Good question I think maybe at the 2year mark at least. Yes you can start a new thread part 2 or 2011-2012 or something like that, especially if the previous one is so old. The Thought provoking costume thread is onto its 3rd part if I remember correctly. Thanks for raising the question.
~Mosaic

 

[Amulya]

We do have the old Thought Provoking Costume ones archived because they became huge. So there are 3 separate threads of those. In the lasted there is a link refering to the previous for people who like to look at them. These threads stay relevant, but became just too big.

 

[Mosaic]

We do have the old Thought Provoking Costume ones archived because they became huge. So there are 3 separate threads of those. In the lasted there is a link refering to the previous for people who like to look at them. These threads stay relevant, but became just too big.

I know about those threads, but have never looked for them to see if they are formally archived and actually sealed, if they aren't then folk could add to them.
~M
PS: just checked - it is closed, so must have been done when the new thread started? But how do we find threads 2 or more years old and set about archiving them?

 

[Amulya]

We closed the old ones when we started the new ones.

It would become too much work to do that with all threads! I think closing a thread is more for when you really don't want people to add to it, either because it is too big or a topic gone out of hand or out of date.

 

[Sirène]

Good question I think maybe at the 2year mark at least. Yes you can start a new thread part 2 or 2011-2012 or something like that, especially if the previous one is so old. The Thought provoking costume thread is onto its 3rd part if I remember correctly. Thanks for raising the question.
~Mosaic

I finally made the new thread, sorry it took so long to do it:
http://www.bellydanceforums.net/ins...tional-dvds-videos-you-have-2012-version.html

The old one is here if you want to put it to bed:
http://www.bellydanceforums.net/ins...-what-instructional-dvds-videos-you-have.html