I don't interpret the links to older threads on the same subject as "proudly pointing", just being helpful as Bobert says. I agree with you both that those links shouldn't kill a thread, but I disagree with Bobert's view that the only solution is to not provide those links. I would rather see those old threads and learn something from them, and also, as Jack says, take the new thread in a new direction with the input of the others who are now on the Forum!