Forum:Answering Old Questions , How Important Is It.

Question

[Sukhi Singh]

Hi guys, so from the title only, should one answer the old questions (including > 1year) as the one who asked might already have figured out the answer. If not, how to deal with these old questions (should be closed or not?).

Cheers

Answer 1

[Niek De Klein]

This begs for an xkcd reference

[Sukhi Singh]

Amazing reference just there!

Answer 2

[Istvan Albert]

Well I think we need to avoid closing posts without a good reason - just being old is not a good one ;-) .

Sometimes contributing to an older post brings it back to relevance as it shows up in the recent tab and on everyone else' activity report. A good answer may stimulate more discussions or just allow us to revisit otherwise buried content.

[Sukhi Singh]

I agree, this is what I was thinking but wanted to discuss before answering. Cheers Istvan

Answer 3

[Giovanni M Dall'Olio]

Answering old questions is as important as answering newer ones. See if you can get the Necromancer badge :-)

[Sukhi Singh]

Makes more sense now!!!! kiddin