One thing I've noticed is that if you go to the older pages they are filled with closed topics. After a week or two they should move themselves to another category called archives to prevent clutter. The ST should also be able to make a closed topic go to the archives immediately or quicker than a week, and prevent them from going into the archive forum via moderator tools.

They shouldn't be deleted because then people can't refer back to them, but they should be taken to a separate forum to prevent the original from becoming cluttered. The person who created the topic should be able to force it to the archive 24 hours after the topic is closed if they want it gone early. When a topic is moved to the archive, it gets a suffix depending on what category it was originally in. For example, if “apple” was in suggestions but it was closed and archived, in the archive area it would be this: "apple - Suggestions". This would of course not apply to stickies.
Only topics in Questions about Scratch, Bugs and Glitches, and Suggestions could be sent to the archive. Other topics would not be affected.

In a nutshell, if a topic has been closed for a week it is sent to an archive forum with a suffix indicating what forum it used to be in, in order to prevent clutter. The ST can disable this or make it go faster using moderator tools and stickies would automatically be immune to being sent to archives. this would only effect QaS BaG and Suggestions.

Boo!

What if someone needs to look back at the closed topics?

spookily wrote:

Boo!

What if someone needs to look back at the closed topics?

Hm, good point.

Maybe rather than being deleted it could be moved to an archive of some sort?

MagicCoder330 wrote:

spookily wrote:

Boo!

What if someone needs to look back at the closed topics?

Hm, good point.

Maybe rather than being deleted it could be moved to an archive of some sort?

Maybe a archive forum

Roblox888i wrote:

MagicCoder330 wrote:

Hm, good point.

Maybe rather than being deleted it could be moved to an archive of some sort?

Maybe a archive forum

Great idea! I'll add that to the original post.

Adding on, maybe after 24 hours, the form owner can like force it to the archive forum

Roblox888i wrote:

Adding on, maybe after 24 hours, the form owner can like force it to the archive forum

This makes sense, but it should still be automatic after a week too.

Bump

Isn’t this a semidupe of my topic called “unlist dupe topics to prevent clutter” (no link cuz it’s far back)

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

Isn’t this a semidupe of my topic called “unlist dupe topics to prevent clutter” (no link cuz it’s far back)

Doesn't look like this dupes that… I am talking about moving them to a separate area, not unlisting them, and not specifically dupes.

MagicCoder330 wrote:

cookieclickerer33 wrote:

Isn’t this a semidupe of my topic called “unlist dupe topics to prevent clutter” (no link cuz it’s far back)

Doesn't look like this dupes that… I am talking about moving them to a separate area, not unlisting them, and not specifically dupes.

Either way, what is your opinion on this?

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bump

I'm assuming that an exception would be made for stickies and topics in the Announcements forum, is this correct?

k7e wrote:

I'm assuming that an exception would be made for stickies and topics in the Announcements forum, is this correct?

Yep, the ST should be able to make it so they aren't moved. Maybe I should clarify that in the original post.

Bump

Support. This would be a neat-to-have forum for looking back at old and closed topics and not having to find them mixed in with new and active ones.

imma just go ahead and fard this back to the front page

bump

But, the dustbin already exists…