Hello, I’m running a community that historically has a bit of a problem with necro-bumping threads. I am familiar with warn_reviving_old_topic_age (and we do have it set), but it seems that many users aren’t seeing the alert. We also don’t want to institute global topic timers because there really…

is this not something that can be handled through moderation? Just send a PM with warning to the people doing the necrobumping to let them know not to do that? If it persists, you can create an announcement topic and banner it, to reinforce the policy.

I think a little added friction with a confirmation pop-up is perhaps more proportionate than going straight in with a full-on official warning. :slight_smile: Though if certain members routinely ignore the pop-up you may still need to reach out to find out what their thinking is. They may just nee…

[image] JammyDodger: Hopefully David fixes Warn admins/tl4 when replying to closed topics and then you can see what needs changing in your own one. :slight_smile: Maybe Unformatted Code Detector could work as an example for a new component. That also shows a warning when you try to post.

Thanks! I’ll check it out and see what I can do!

I went ahead and moved this to Dev where it can live as you move forward with your component. Let us know how you get on!

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Creating a component to show last-chance warning when replying to old topics

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tobiaseigen (Tobias Eigen) October 6, 2025, 8:48pm 10

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Creating a component to show last-chance warning when replying to old topics

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