It's that time of year again and people are keen to start new news threads with content for the new year.
We do have strict rules about creating new threads for a new year:
It is generally best to continue discussions about a specific topic in the year in which that discussion started - wait until there is new information before posting in a new thread.
To make it easier, here are the local times after which it would be okay to start a new year news thread:
We do have strict rules about creating new threads for a new year:
- do not create new year-based news threads until everyone is on the 1st of January
- This means not before 12:00PM UTC (midday GMT) on the 1st of January - people in Hawaii are almost a full day behind people in NZ, so best to wait until it is the new year for everyone
- do not create new threads without meaningful content
- Don't post until you actually have some news
- Also, don't go hunting for the smallest bit of trivia about a zoo just so you can start a new thread!
- Any thread news started for the new year before Jan 1st will be deleted
- Any thread started without meaningful content will be deleted
It is generally best to continue discussions about a specific topic in the year in which that discussion started - wait until there is new information before posting in a new thread.
To make it easier, here are the local times after which it would be okay to start a new year news thread:
- 1:00 AM 2nd Jan (UTC+13) ... Auckland / Christchurch
- 11:00PM 1st Jan (UTC+11) ... Sydney / Melbourne
- 8:00PM 1st Jan (UTC+8) ... Singapore / Perth / Beijing / Hong Kong
- 1:00PM 1st Jan (UTC+1) ... Paris / Berlin / Amsterdam / etc
- 12:00PM 1st Jan (UTC+0) ... London
- 9:00AM 1st Jan (UTC-3) ... Rio de Janeiro / Buenos Aires / Santiago / etc
- 7:00AM 1st Jan (UTC-5) ... New York / Montreal / Toronto
- 4:00AM 1st Jan (UTC-8) ... Los Angeles / Vancouver
- 2:00AM 1st Jan (UTC-10) ... Honolulu
Last edited:
