[Solved]necroposting

[aviator]

But you can't say "common sense" etc etc when everyone has different interpretations.

Common sense is about what can be reasonably expected of nearly all people. It's a perfect way to describe this "rule" and just about every rule with ambiguity on the servers. Things in life aren't as black and white as people hope; every circumstance of necroposting can't be detailed, there's simply too many. Yes, a bit of common sense is required when posting on any old thread, you should really be asking yourself the questions on reply 2.

There's many examples on these forums, in my Aviation thread - Ivan Tempski posted in it despite no post being made for 2 years, yet it passes without issue because it brought fresh discussion. Plenty of suggestion threads. On these forums the main areas where necroposting comes into play would be like Help & Support, Newcomers, Off-Topic etc.

It's worth bearing in mind that the forum moderators don't go around warning people for posting in a thread that's two months old, hell even a year old. They use their brains themselves, asking the very same questions you should be when posting. It's simply not necessary to make a rule detailing precisely a cut off point - it doesn't work like that.