[Elliott]

I've mentioned this in topics before, but it never got noticed so I'll make a topic just for this.

I think the prune settings need to be adjusted. For example, the prune for spam is 30 days, I think it should be 14. Off topic's prune settings are 11 months. The introductions forum is 13 months. Other games is 8 months.

They are all over the place as you can tell. How about making a universal prune limit for all forums except the spam forum, and make the spam forum have a prune limit of 14 days. I'm not doing this because I dislike the spam forum, but because the spam forum gets the most activity, and therefor will take up the most space.

Thanks.

[Nick Presta]

While having those topics around don't use much resources or take up much space, we could prune the topics a little more.

This will be updated with the next few updates, if we feel a need to.

[Elliott]

I don't think you have to make them all less, just make one universal stndard, rather than different settings for each forum. The only exceptions I think are spam and artwork.

[TobiasMar]

Meh, I don't like the 14-day prune for SPAM, I think its fine is 30 days. 14-day is too strict IMO, and the Intro/Leaving should be 9 months. But I do like the Off-topic prune suggestion.

[Elliott]

Spam should be set so low because it gets so many posts, and around 90% really mean nothing at all.
Artwork should be longer so topics stay alive, as members may want to revive them after a long time.

[TobiasMar]

Well, yeah, that was a good point Agatio, so lets compromise what we think- Err, how about a 20-day prune? 6 more days won't hurt much, even though there is alot of pointless posts in SPAM.

[Elliott]

Thats the reason it should be 14. 7 day cut off, and topics still remain for 7 more days after that. How many spam topics get revived after 14 days anyway?

[TobiasMar]

Well, I don't think that much get revived after 2 weeks.

[Elliott]

Then why on earth should the prune be 20 days then? 14 days is fine, even 10 days is ok, as nothing really gets revived after even a week, seriously. Spam topics are like dragonfly's. They have a very short lifespan, and during that lifespan a lot happens. But when they are dead they are dead, there is no reviving them. (hows that for a metaphore? =P ).

[TobiasMar]

Hold on a minute, your right Agatio, so 14 it is.

[Elliott]

Niether of us have the power to change prune settings, so we'll have to site tight until Max or Nick sees this topic.

[TobiasMar]

I know, I was just stating my opinion about the pruning.

I have seen this topic and I am making the nessacary changes. -Nick