tl;dr: Quality first, everything else subordinate.

Have a look at Nostradamus Five Year Node Reputation Prophecy Expires Today!. AFAICT, its sole purpose was to take the mickey out of a true believer. There was no technical content and the node that started the discussion was substantially upvoted. And yet there were "no significant downvotes" anywhere in the thread. So it seems to me that dozens of monks, at least, respond by having a good giggle. And so we should.

There is a strong bias here against changing history, on the basis that questions and answers should be available so people can avoid repeating questions. Sometimes a question or explanation isn't clear, or a better solution becomes available over time. I'm all in favour of this site containing the best information that we can provide, so when, for example, HelenCr asked about my answer to Inserting copied rows at another position in Excel nearly two years later, I had no issue about clarifying my points, not just for her but for anyone else. I suspect that I have upvoted more posts "of a certain age" than current posts, because so many of my questions have been well answered without the need for me to ask them.

Regards,

John Davies

In reply to Re: Revitalising your own old posts by davies
in thread Revitalising your own old posts by stevieb

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