Is Thread Necromancy Ok?

[Cheiromancer]

I suppose it makes a difference whether you are raising the thread to new life - the topic is still a "live" one, and there are useful contributions to be made - and animating the thread to an unholy mockery of life, in which case it just goes "Argh" and eats people's brains.

The former is fine, the latter should be avoided.

 

[Jdvn1]

In general, I don't see what's wrong with threadcromancy.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Is it possible to take levels in the PrC True Threadcromancer?

 

[RangerWickett]

I recall, way back in the days before EN World, when we were just hanging out at Eric Noah's 3rd Edition News & Rumors site, the forums weren't quite as grandmother friendly sometimes. One night, in a fit of evil, I tracked down four threads that had caused huge flame wars, but which had died out months earlier.

And I bumped them.

 

[Plane Sailing]

As a general note for anyone considering thread necromancy:

1) bear in mind that some older threads will be in 3.0 land rather than in 3.5 land.

2) I think it is polite to mention in your posting that you are raising this thread from the dead (so people notice - sometimes they don't!) and it might be nice to mention *why* you are raising it from the dead.

Cheers

 

[Henry]

I recall, way back in the days before EN World...I tracked down four threads that had caused huge flame wars, but which had died out months earlier.

And I bumped them.

*Henry holds thwacking club angrily*

Darned Statute of Limitations...

 

[3d6]

I admit it, I'm a thread necromancy hound. Do you practice thread necromancy? Do you like thread necromancers? Do you feel suckered when you post in an resurrected thread?

I don't really think thread necromancy is appropriate. Once a discussion is over, isn't it better to start something new rather than rehashing some old issue?

 

[frankthedm]

Information, thoughts and opinions don't have an expiration date. Bringing up old threads lets folks save time on retyping the opinions they have kept and allows the people who have changed their opinions since that time to say such in the same thread.

It can also be a poignant reminder to folks with less than admirable posting habits to see how big of a jerk they have been... something I'm quite guilty of.

 

[El Mahdi]

I voted "Other"...for necromantic lemon curry.

 

[Dice4Hire]

As someone who only displays threads less than a week old, I am unlikely to engage in this.