# Re: Classic Threadspotting **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696 "2007-09-10T19:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/1 "2007-09-10T19:09:50Z")
I didn’t see a thread discussing this, so if there’s already one open, just point me there… With old threads being brought back out to the forefront, will they be locked, or will posting to the classic threads be allowed? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/2 "2007-09-10T20:19:45Z")
In case anyone wonders what I’m talking about: [Link.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2) ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/3 "2007-09-10T20:44:19Z")
We are of course talking about the threads that haven’t been erased. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/4 "2007-09-10T21:25:30Z")
My guess is they will be locked. Zombies are frowned upon in just about every forum, and some of these will be 6-7 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/5 "2007-09-10T21:31:47Z")
That’s what I thought too. Has there been any recent thought for a forum of locked “Classics?” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/6 "2007-09-10T22:05:42Z")
In my proposal to TubaDiva it was stated that Classic Threadspotting threads should be locked before posting. If someone wishes to bring the issue back up, a new thread may be started, of course. I believe this is going to be the case, but I certainly am not the last word on this. As far as a locked archive, “it’s not my department…” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/7 "2007-09-11T13:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] That’s what I thought too. Has there been any recent thought for a forum of locked “Classics?” [/QUOTE] It is my hope that ultimately all threads more than, say, a year old will be in “read-only” or archive status. Can’t tell you if/when that will happen, though. I can tell you that we do keep a list of true classic threads in the Threadspotting archives. You can access them starting with the Archive page: > **[Does meditation make your brain work differently?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344218/does-meditation-make-your-brain-work-differently)** ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/8 "2007-09-11T14:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] I can tell you that we do keep a list of true classic threads in the Threadspotting archives. You can access them starting with the Archive page: > **[Does meditation make your brain work differently?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344218/does-meditation-make-your-brain-work-differently)** [/QUOTE] You can access _some_ of them. There are a lot that are now dead links, I suppose because they’ve been purged from the database. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/9 "2007-09-11T15:05:06Z")
My $0.02… I’d like to see at least one new reply added to each Classic Threadspotting thread. Perhaps **Tuba** could add such a post right before or right after any locking. This would bump the thread to the first page of the forum (for Dopers who don’t visit the SD Home Page as often as we should), and – if I understand past circumstances correctly – provide to the thread a bit of protection from eventual deletion. ETA: I love the idea of Classic Threadspotting ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/10 "2007-09-11T19:55:36Z")
It is also my hope that material that has been moved will be returned . . . in some form . . . in some way. I’m gonna be hopeful until I hear different, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/11 "2007-09-12T03:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] It is my hope that ultimately all threads more than, say, a year old will be in “read-only” or archive status. Can’t tell you if/when that will happen, though. I can tell you that we do keep a list of true classic threads in the Threadspotting archives. You can access them starting with the Archive page: > **[Does meditation make your brain work differently?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344218/does-meditation-make-your-brain-work-differently)** [/QUOTE] What happened to the ones from 2005 and before that? The earliest thread is from 6-19-06. I know we had more before that, right? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-classic-threadspotting/418696/12 "2007-09-12T16:41:23Z")
Threadspotting archive page: [http://straightdope.com/mailbag/threadspotting.html](http://straightdope.com/mailbag/threadspotting.html)