tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Delete backlog)

Ryan Budney comments on "Delete backlog" (18904)

2012-04-17T10:08:19-07:00

Some closed questions we want to keep, I believe primarily if there's mathematical interest (like say, an informative answer). But if the question was off topic, there's no interesting answers, if the question never garnered interest from the community -- if there is no clear reason why it should be kept, then delete away. That's my general impression.

Neil Strickland comments on "Delete backlog" (18903)

2012-04-17T10:04:41-07:00

Is there a consensus on the criteria for deletion? I looked through the archives on meta and did not come to a clear conclusion.

Bill Johnson comments on "Delete backlog" (18902)

2012-04-17T09:37:59-07:00

I have gotten into the habit of pulling up tools each day, checking the 7d close tag, looking at 2 day old closed posts, and voting to delete those that IMO obviously should be deleted. If I have to think about deleting, I don't but just pass to the next post. The whole process takes no longer than writing these two lines.

Ryan Budney comments on "Delete backlog" (18900)

2012-04-17T01:54:52-07:00

Small note, but there appears to be a large collection of old, closed posts in the delete queue with two votes to delete.

They don't appear in the default 2-day queue, you have to click on the 30-day queue to see them.