Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-25491743-20151016171253/@comment-4975807-20151016181626

Hmcooper4 wrote: Actually, if the discussion has been handled in the past, the best solution is to link to the previous discussion, summarize the results of the previous discussion, and then close the current thread.

I was not part of any previous discussions on this topic, and I disagree with the concept. It's just asking for trouble.

Now, if someone would like to link to one (or more) of the previous discussions, we'll close this one and be done. I can see this format working too, as this is what is usually done with duplicate discussions in the past. Still, I wanted to give a chance for others to chime in on Lady's suggestion, so I made a thread on the topic. If the community at large doesn't like the suggestion, I still think it'd be a good idea to set a time limit for how long a community thread consensus on a topic upholds until a new topic on the issue can be made if there are people who want to debate the topic further. To just close a thread as "already recently discussed in a prior thread" is too vague, in my opinion, because one person's idea of "recent" may not be perceived as recent at all.