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Topic # 98652 3-Mar-2012 11:23
Now and then I get a few old items coming up in the RSS feed. What is the reason for this? Today's old items are: "What are the legalities of using a VPN to stream overseas content?" - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=97755 "Tomizone account on multiple devices? (one at a time)" - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=96870 "Recommended 3D movies" - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=34&topicid=96026&page_no=2 There are several more as well. I don't see anything in common with these items.

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Reply # 589782 3-Mar-2012 11:40
Those items were moved from one forum to a more appropriate one - when they showed up with a new URL your RSS reader thought "Oh, new item!"... It also happens if a very old thread receives a new reply and appears in the feed for the first time since dropping off. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 589829 3-Mar-2012 13:06
New replies to very old items I can understand and agree with. But, some of the items appearing today are nearly a year old, with no new replies. An example: Forums > Gadgets, robotics, home automation, electronics > New heater - undocumented feature or safety device? - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=73&topicid=59405 No offence intended, but, is it really necessary to move these items at all?

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Reply # 589840 3-Mar-2012 13:39
Yes, it is needed. I've created a new "Home Workshop" forum and moved a lot of stuff out of Off Topic into this new forum. In the process I found a quite a few topics that should've been created in other forums instead of Off Topic - things discussing networking devices and broadband for example. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs