I just want to bring up Thread Necromancy - the posting in dead or old threads. This practice is frowned upon on all other forums i'm active in - even a loosley moderated biker forum as it doesn't look professional.
Just an idea to throw at the mods for a more professional, tidier forum. Due to the nature of some threads, they could be classed as exempt. The Vintage Lamps thread for example can be one as exempt, whilst the SLI thread can be considered dead. Then again, you don't want duplicates.I totally disagree. By its very nature, vintage lamps may only get the occasional new posting when a member adds a new vintage lamp to their collection or has a query about older lamps. It should not therefore be shut. Unlike many other forums, the posts on Ukastle are also a source of reference material. The SLI thread is a classic case of a reference thread and one which is not dead.
The mods do archive topics which are unlikely to see new additions. However as Mazeteam mentions, new members may have comments to add to older topics.
What is "annoying" is new members who create duplicate topics without looking first to see if that topic already exists - a very frequent occurrence!
For the reasons mentioned above your suggestion won't be implemented.