Unanswered Questions: My Experience with Attempting to Discuss Light Speed

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The discussion centers around an individual's attempt to engage in a thread about light speed but faced restrictions without explanation. The participant expresses a desire to ask questions related to cosmology, despite feeling unqualified. Another user clarifies that threads older than a certain age are automatically locked to prevent "necroposting." They suggest starting a new thread for fresh discussions while providing a link to the old thread for context. This highlights the forum's rules regarding thread engagement and the importance of initiating new discussions for current inquiries.
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I tried replying to a thread concerning "light speed", but was locked out with no explanation. Not being overly endowed with brilliance, I too may also be looked upon as someone spouting a bit of crack-pottery. But not so! I am an amateur in the field of cosmology as well as many other fields of endeavor, but I have tons of questions to be asked.
 
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Hi Orien. Can you post a link to the thread in question?
 
Drakkith said:
Hi Orien. Can you post a link to the thread in question?
Sorry to get back to you so late Drakkith, but I'm not yet too familiar with how this forum is laid out and I'm actually quite lost.
 
No worries!
 
All threads older than a certain age (2010? 2011? I've forgotten) are automatically locked, regardless of their content. We frown on re-awakening very old threads ("necroposting") because many of the original participants are likely to no longer be here. In such cases, feel free to start a new thread. If you think it would be useful to provide context, you can copy the address (URL) of the old thread from your browser's address bar and paste it into your post to make a link.
 

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