Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
IMO it's a judgment call and the two year rule didn't make a lot of sense. I think people sometimes do it to avoid the "do a search" reaction.
That's pretty much correct, IMO. Some threads are not problematic when the information is still current. Otoh some more recent threads may contain obsolete information.
This all makes a case for wiki posts (and moderators will often split threads cross-linking and archiving posts with outdated information (or bugle long mega threads that go back years).