Highlighting Zombie threads

[5foot5]

Maybe this has been mentioned before but, having just invested about 20 minutes I won't get back in a NINE YEAR OLD thread on AIBU, is there not some way that you can highlight at the top of a thread or in the thread title that it is a zombie.

Surely some criteria can be devised e.g. initial post more than x months ago, that these could be easily spotted?

Typically someone notices and posts a Zombie Alert on the thread but inevitably that will be near the end of the thread so you can easily have read hundreds of posts without noticing.

Notification at the top, or even before opening the thread, would be preferable.

[DriveInSaturday]

The Sports Direct one got me as well. I'd read a whole page before I noticed it was from 2012. There are so many of these zombie threads at the moment. Please flag them up!

[MagentaRocks]

A 4 year old thread about a neighbours tree blocking their light is in active. I have reported the thread as being resurrected for no reason. I will do the same for others I see. Please do the same. It may help.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1750971-To-ask-the-man-next-door-to-cut-down-his-trees?

[paxillin]

If I walk into another zombie thread trap, I will revenge- activate enough threads from 2011 to fill the first page of AIBU.

[BigGreenOlives]

Zombie AIBUs are really annoying. Why aren't they locked? Similarly annoying are the revived zombie threads enquiring about schools.

[YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet]

Hi all
Thanks all, for your continued patience with all issues zombie thread related. We know it's becoming an increasing irritation on the boards and we're working on a solution. Please bear with us for the time being and we'll update you as soon as we can.

[Hdgshsksk]

I really hope you can sort it out. I've just posted on a zombie thread. It's really annoying.