I was wondering if there was a way to archive much older inactive threads (maybe which have not been contributed to for over 2 year for instance) as recently there have been a few 9 or 10 year old posts which new visitors to the site are dragging up from the distant past and even answering the original questions which are no longer valid. It is muddling up the newer posts as we sift through the out of date threads and would be better if these old posts were archived. Just a thought although I'm not convinced that anyone in authority to action things are even going to read this !! worth a try at least :) Have changed the title as don't expect the changes can be done without a lot more sifting to eliminate the 2 - 10 year old general posts which don't offer help topics.
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Regards, Hazel
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From a personal point of view I am constantly using search to investigate the info contained in previous years of Peregrine & Kestrel threads to refresh my mind of sequence of events or to answer any questions which may arise in current year! Invaluable to me as impossible to commit all these events to memory ... also many useful & important pics & vid links contained therein ... if they were archived would they still be available in 'search' or simply lost forever?
2013 photos & vids here
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Did anybody hear back from Adam Walker who posted this thread back in April
Help us improve our website
Or was this just another initiative that disappeared into a black hole. I didn't put my name forward to be contacted but did anyone else?
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Tony
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I'm in favour of archiving older threads, many other forums do that with threads around five years plus, or even remove them totally. One thing I find when searching for a thread, the search box seems to pick the older threads long before the later postings, so it would be beneficial there.
However, a good clear out always has a caveat. We've all done it, had a good clear out, and that one item you've not used for a very long time, and bingo, you suddenly need it!
Some informative threads, and I'll take WJ's "Getting Off Auto" as an example, perhaps something to identify that type of thread as still active and informative would be an idea.
Mike
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