Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-24891101-20150527030147/@comment-25555436-20150528004613

If the question has already been answered, we just say the answer and done. If someone asks again, we redirect them to said thread. Said thread will also be closed, if someone wants to make a new thread about a similar subject, let them do it as long as it's not literally the same subject.

Example: A makes a thread about "Ironwood is the true Big Bad". Later proven wrong, thread dies and is closed.

B makes a thread about the exact same thing, we give the answer granted by the show/RT, thread is closed if not deleted to avoid redundancy.

C makes a thread not about Ironwood being the Bigger Bad, not even being a villain, but a pawn of Cinder, an unwitting Pawn manipulated from the shadows to do what she wants. Said thread from a certain angle is similar to A's, but still noticeably different. It stays, for it's a different-enough subject.

Got it memorized?

If a new thread appears about an already-dealt-with subject, we just give the answer and close/delete the thread to avoid too much junk. The OP will have gotten the answer (s)he wanted and will be satisfied (or not), and any further discussion about the specific subject will be unnecesary. Want to talk about a certain aspect of it? Make a thread for it, and depending on what it is, our response will vary.

Another way to deal with this is Chishio and Shadow's great, marvelous FAQ idea that we should seriously implement someday. Old threads would be closed, if an anon makes a thread asking for something answered in the FAQ, we redirect them there and delete the thread or just close it. Everyone is happy.