# Link to compilations of previous threads on "Tired Topics"

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**Created:** [January 1, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-compilations-of-previous-threads-on-tired-topics/845753 "2020-01-01T23:00:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-compilations-of-previous-threads-on-tired-topics/845753/21 "2020-01-02T14:47:08Z")

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It’s not the “tiredness” so much that gets to me but the “too lazy to Google” ones. (Something I have been guilty of. But I’m getting better.)

Take the latest thread on geographical [anomalies](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=887385). I like the occasional return of something like this. (Something I pointed out in the thread.)

Sometimes it’s fun to revisit a topic.

I think it might be discouraging to new visitors to see a sticky or some such telling them not to start a thread on a long list of topics. Is there question new or old? Where do you draw the line? Etc.

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-compilations-of-previous-threads-on-tired-topics/845753/22 "2020-01-02T14:48:35Z")

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I think that if the point is “we’ve done this already, over and over again”, it’s nice to be able to point to that over-and-over. Not so much to have a new summary of issues written.

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-compilations-of-previous-threads-on-tired-topics/845753/23 "2020-01-02T15:35:49Z")

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You could do both. A short summary and links to previous discussions. The summary explains why it’s over and the old threads let people see how the discussion went.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-compilations-of-previous-threads-on-tired-topics/845753/24 "2020-01-02T22:12:02Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Is there question new or old?

Do they know how to spell “their”?

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