That's because we do occasionally change the answers. One particular old tip used to be withholding water then offering a sopping wet F/T to "entice" the bp to eat. I didn't like it at the time and hate it now. Also the practice of "chaining" feeders by shoving it in the snakes mouth as it is about to finish the prey item it was feeding on.
Necro's run the risk of putting outdated info on the front page and, to be honest, I'm in favour of auto-locking threads after 24 months or so just to avoid it.