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This policy makes sense for forums, but not talk pages. If someone has made a comment about a page, the comment remains relevant until the page is edited beyond recognition and '''visible''' in perpetuity. In forums, the rule about necroposting is due to the fact that newest posts are the most relevant and need to remain on the front page. On a talk page, there is no "front page" and new posts default to the bottom. On a site like this, questions may remain unanswered for several years until a sequel comes out. Sure, the original asker may be long gone, but unlike on a forum, when the answer finally comes, it will probably be notable for any new readers who come along. [[User:Hypershock|Hypershock]] ([[User talk:Hypershock|talk]]) 14:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC) | This policy makes sense for forums, but not talk pages. If someone has made a comment about a page, the comment remains relevant until the page is edited beyond recognition and '''visible''' in perpetuity. In forums, the rule about necroposting is due to the fact that newest posts are the most relevant and need to remain on the front page. On a talk page, there is no "front page" and new posts default to the bottom. On a site like this, questions may remain unanswered for several years until a sequel comes out. Sure, the original asker may be long gone, but unlike on a forum, when the answer finally comes, it will probably be notable for any new readers who come along. [[User:Hypershock|Hypershock]] ([[User talk:Hypershock|talk]]) 14:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC) | ||
:There are multiple reasons for the six month rule. Firstly, if an issued is already resolved, it doesn't need to be commented on further, especially over six months after it was resolved. If you have a further comment or question to make on the same topic, you should just make a new section and refer to the previous section via a link or the title of the section. The primary reason for this is that new posts default to the bottom. Because of the nature of this wiki and precedent set by the talk page policy, posts on the bottom of the page get noticed more because that is where the most recent, unanswered questions are. People don't really look at previous sections because the discussions in those sections are usually done and answered. Your question is much more likely to be answered if you just create a new section, instead of inserting your question in a previous section that is dated five years ago and buried by more recent posts. --[[User:Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#95EB5C">Carmen<small>★</small></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#FEBEE8">(Talk |</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#A6DAFC">contribs)</span>]]''</small> 15:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC) | :There are multiple reasons for the six month rule. Firstly, if an issued is already resolved, it doesn't need to be commented on further, especially over six months after it was resolved. If you have a further comment or question to make on the same topic, you should just make a new section and refer to the previous section via a link or the title of the section. The primary reason for this is that new posts default to the bottom. Because of the nature of this wiki and precedent set by the talk page policy, posts on the bottom of the page get noticed more because that is where the most recent, unanswered questions are. People don't really look at previous sections because the discussions in those sections are usually done and answered. Your question is much more likely to be answered if you just create a new section, instead of inserting your question in a previous section that is dated five years ago and buried by more recent posts. --[[User:Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#95EB5C">Carmen<small>★</small></span>]] <small>''[[User talk:Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#FEBEE8">(Talk |</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Carmenstar97|<span style="color:#A6DAFC">contribs)</span>]]''</small> 15:25, 9 March 2016 (UTC) | ||
::Well that's weird. People comment on issues which are unresolved, and then this unhelpful policy means that their contribution arbitrarily gets deleted due to the fact that the unresolved issue is six months old. Apparently, if the issue is not resolved in the first six months, it will never be resolved. | |||
::I would have thought that the fact that people post in old sections is evidence that people do read the rest of the talk page, and that old sections do get noticed. This policy is exists in spite of the evidence. | |||
::[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bulbapedia_talk:Talk_page_policy#6_Month_Rule]] Solar Dragon noted this problem 4 years ago, and it is still unresolved. But the policy means that if I posted up there agreeing that this policy hinders the improvement of Bulbapedia, my post will ironically get deleted because the problem with the six month rule has not been solved in the last six months. | |||
::*''"Because of the nature of this wiki"'' I showed in my first post that this is '''not''' the nature of this wiki, nor of any wiki. | |||
::*''"Because of the ... precedent set by the talk page policy"'' I'm saying this precedent is bad. Using the bad precedent to argue that nothing needs to change does not help anyone. The fact that people do post replies to old questions is evidence that they do read the rest of the talk page, not just the bottom. [[User:Hypershock|Hypershock]] ([[User talk:Hypershock|talk]]) 16:13, 11 June 2016 (UTC) | |||