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    be closed for adding after a certain time frame of not being touched (3 month or something like this)? Or give a user a message, if he replies to such a long time untouched thread at least.

    I see the trend, that users add their own question to threads, which have not been touched for more than a year, are marked as answered, may not be related to the current status of the product and are difficult to follow up due to their length.

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf

    Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:18 PM

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    >I see the trend, that users add their own question to threads, which have not been touched for more than a year, are marked >as answered, may not be related to the current status of the product and are difficult to follow up due to their length.

    I see this trend too. Its annoying for all the reasons given above and the fact that the subject sometimes is only semi-relevant.

    I would reduce the time though (to 6 months). In SharePoint land even six months' old posts are out of date as we have seen several cumulative upgrades since then.

    I don't think *closing* is the solution. I think they should automatically (in the case - as written above - that they are marked as answered) be moved to read-only status.
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    Monday, February 2, 2009 6:04 AM
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    Hi Mike,
    read only was what I meaned with "closed for adding", was only lack of wording.
    6 month would also be ok.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Monday, February 2, 2009 6:57 AM
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    Sorry. You said that. I read it too quickly and just saw the "closed".

    Mike
    WSS FAQ sites: WSS 2.0: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007: http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com
    Total list of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language titles) http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx
    Monday, February 2, 2009 1:51 PM