# So, like, where do Classic Columns come from?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [August 4, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897 "2001-08-04T06:24:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/1 "2001-08-04T06:24:28Z")
No sarcastic comments, please. I _know_ where they come from – I’m not totally dense. What I mean is, are these columns that have been in the Classics on-line archives for years, and somehow were picked to be this week’s feature? Or are new additions that had never been in the archive before? In either case, how are they selected?
(I hope the mods will forgive me for not posting a link, but this is a general question, not related to any specific column.)
– Beruang
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/2 "2001-08-07T12:48:52Z")
Usually, they have been in the archives and are just highlighted, for whatever whimsy has struck the Administrator.
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### Author:  [@Drogulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drogulus)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/3 "2001-08-08T17:09:59Z")
Well, the Doric ones come from… Oh, sorry.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/4 "2001-08-11T15:55:08Z")
Well why don’t they keep adding old columns? I know that there are still old columns that haven’t been put online. Are only columns edited by Little Ed considered for online use? (Except for the historically significant 1st Column.) Have all of these been used?
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/5 "2001-08-17T17:03:57Z")
Uhm . . . **CK**? Hello?
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/6 "2001-08-17T17:06:36Z")
Duh… I mean **Dex**. Don’t know why I did that…
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-where-do-classic-columns-come-from/74897/7 "2001-08-17T19:14:06Z")
As I understand it, most of the older columns are kept inaccessible in order to encourage people to purchase and read the books, rather than merely using the free website as a reference service.