I don't think the latter follows from the former.
A poster who adds nothing significant to an old topic should be punished not for posting in an old topic, but for adding nothing significant. If posters are punished simply for posting in an old topic, then a poster who does add something significant to an old topic will be punished, and do we really want that?
This is especially significant in the ROM hacking documentation forums, where discussion is focused less on current events and more on technical information that rarely goes out of date. Thankfully, things have changed there since I last updated my signature, and the bumping rules no longer apply, instead being left to moderator discretion. Nonetheless, I keep it in my signature because I think having it there was one of the reasons the rules were changed (along with private discussions with some moderators).
A poster who adds nothing significant to an old topic should be punished not for posting in an old topic, but for adding nothing significant. If posters are punished simply for posting in an old topic, then a poster who does add something significant to an old topic will be punished, and do we really want that?
This is especially significant in the ROM hacking documentation forums, where discussion is focused less on current events and more on technical information that rarely goes out of date. Thankfully, things have changed there since I last updated my signature, and the bumping rules no longer apply, instead being left to moderator discretion. Nonetheless, I keep it in my signature because I think having it there was one of the reasons the rules were changed (along with private discussions with some moderators).