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Underleveled
02/09/19 10:07:49 PM
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There are topics that havent been posted in in over a week still alive on the last page.
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Dels
02/09/19 10:12:49 PM
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Oh wow

Finally
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Dels
02/09/19 10:13:02 PM
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And it wasn't even from one of the many petitions we made or times we reasonably asked
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NFUN
02/09/19 10:13:21 PM
#4:


awesome
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Shaduln
02/09/19 10:21:54 PM
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Thank. God.
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Raka_Putra
02/09/19 10:38:58 PM
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Nice!
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xx521xx
02/09/19 10:39:48 PM
#7:


Looks like the purge rate changed across the entire site.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/help/19-rules-and-standards

Since February 2019, non-stickied topics are cleaned up based on the order of the last post made in a topic, newest to oldest:

Topics 1-5: Not archived/deleted
Topics 6-20: 1 Year
Topics 21-40: 6 Months
Topics 41-100: 3 Months
Topics 101-200: 30 Days
Topics 201-400: 10 Days
Topics 401-750: 5 Days
Topics 751-1000: 2 Days
Topics 1000-: Always archived/deleted

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Dark Young Link
02/09/19 10:51:33 PM
#8:


Fucking finally
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mnkboy907
02/09/19 10:51:36 PM
#9:


Whoa
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hylianknight3
02/09/19 10:54:08 PM
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I attribute this to the pleading on the final episode of The Show. I guess Allen truly is the #1 fan!
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LOLIAmAnAlt
02/09/19 11:05:44 PM
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Topics 1-5: Not archived/deleted
Topics 6-20: 1 Year
Topics 21-40: 6 Months
Topics 41-100: 3 Months
Topics 101-200: 30 Days
Topics 201-400: 10 Days
Topics 401-750: 5 Days
Topics 751-1000: 2 Days
Topics 1000-: Always archived/deleted

I'm dumb, someone explain what this means to me
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mnkboy907
02/09/19 11:13:57 PM
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
Topics 1-5: Not archived/deleted
Topics 6-20: 1 Year
Topics 21-40: 6 Months
Topics 41-100: 3 Months
Topics 101-200: 30 Days
Topics 201-400: 10 Days
Topics 401-750: 5 Days
Topics 751-1000: 2 Days
Topics 1000-: Always archived/deleted

I'm dumb, someone explain what this means to me

Every night the clean up system checks the boards to see how many topics they have. How many topics a board has determines how long a topic can be inactive before being deleted by the clean up system. For example, Board 8 currently has a bit under 300 topics, so tonight when the clean up system checks, it'd delete any topic that hasn't been posted in for 10 days.
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Underleveled
02/10/19 1:32:37 PM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
The one problem with that system is that if topics build up and we get to 401 we lose 5 days of topics all at once.

This crossed my mind, but...

Mac Arrowny posted...
Still better than what we had before.

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Snrkiko
02/10/19 1:39:36 PM
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it only took 17 years
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GuessMyUserName
02/10/19 1:41:37 PM
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oh hey so bump bot needs less work

... I guess I could make bot first check B8's # of topics active and adjust accordingly

i'll get on it after breakfast
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DanKirby
02/10/19 2:01:16 PM
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The way it's worded makes me think the system is slightly different: whether a topic is purged when the cleanup system runs depends on both the position of the topic on the topic list and how long ago the topic was last posted in.
For example, assuming 50 topics per page, any topic on Pages 5-8 that hasn't been posted in in over 10 days will be purged. However, if there are topics on Page 4 that are also more than 10 days inactive, they will not be purged at that time. Also, if enough topics build up that the board passes the 401 mark, only the topics on Page 9-15 will be purged at the 5-day mark, while the topics on Pages 4-8 will remain as long as they are still under the 10-day threshold.
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MysticBrohan
02/10/19 2:03:51 PM
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oh sick i can actually make ranking topics now. i think i still have the playlist saved from the song ranking from like 2 years ago so all the brohan fans be on the look out for that one and potentially much more
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02/10/19 3:20:20 PM
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DanKirby posted...
The way it's worded makes me think the system is slightly different: whether a topic is purged when the cleanup system runs depends on both the position of the topic on the topic list and how long ago the topic was last posted in.
For example, assuming 50 topics per page, any topic on Pages 5-8 that hasn't been posted in in over 10 days will be purged. However, if there are topics on Page 4 that are also more than 10 days inactive, they will not be purged at that time. Also, if enough topics build up that the board passes the 401 mark, only the topics on Page 9-15 will be purged at the 5-day mark, while the topics on Pages 4-8 will remain as long as they are still under the 10-day threshold.

Yeah, this is how I understand it to work. The position does matter for topics near the thresholds.

However, if there are 350 topics and 348 have been posted in within 10 days, then only 2 topics would purge. Anti-purge bumping is still a thing unless the board has >1000 topics (20 pages), at which point page 21 is unsaveable.
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Pirateking2000
02/10/19 3:35:43 PM
#20:


Neat
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Mr Lasastryke
02/10/19 4:35:24 PM
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wow, cool.
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CelesMyUserName
02/10/19 5:56:10 PM
#23:


bump bot tweaked, note to self to go on lookout duty until it appears to be fine

also "10 day" periods will just be week long bump bots because whatever who cares about 3 days this is less effort for me

and it's just gonna go by the purge rates at the time of the bump check for all topics on the bump list, since that just means covering bumps that shouldn't be needed due to threshold changes, rather than the alternative of missing bumps that should be needed due to threshold changes
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LusterSoldier
02/12/19 1:21:39 AM
#24:


Well, this is good change for sure. Though we're currently at a 10 day purge rate, it hasn't been 10 full days since the new purge rates have been put in place, so we could still build up enough topics to potentially reach the 5 day purge rate. During the contest season, I expect the board to be on a 5 day purge rate due to the increased activity (and possibly even a 2 day purge rate).

DanKirby posted...
The way it's worded makes me think the system is slightly different: whether a topic is purged when the cleanup system runs depends on both the position of the topic on the topic list and how long ago the topic was last posted in.
For example, assuming 50 topics per page, any topic on Pages 5-8 that hasn't been posted in in over 10 days will be purged. However, if there are topics on Page 4 that are also more than 10 days inactive, they will not be purged at that time. Also, if enough topics build up that the board passes the 401 mark, only the topics on Page 9-15 will be purged at the 5-day mark, while the topics on Pages 4-8 will remain as long as they are still under the 10-day threshold.


Should also be noted that stickied topics apparently don't count towards the purge rate. We currently have one stickied topic on this board, so you would have to begin counting the total topics from the first non-stickied topic. This means we wouldn't cross over into the 5 day purge rate until reaching 402 topics as we have one stickied topic on this board.
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Haste_2
02/12/19 1:48:00 AM
#25:


A dream come true!
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Ngamer64
02/12/19 7:57:34 AM
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hylianknight3 posted...
I attribute this to the pleading on the final episode of The Show. I guess Allen truly is the #1 fan!

Huzzah, we did it boys! @CaptainOfCrush

Ordering this by topic number instead of total posts is huge, our big threads like Stats & Mafia & Mercs always got us in trouble in the past. Even if we fall into the 5 day cutdown it'll still be fine; the most important thing is that projects will no longer purge just because someone doesn't update them over a weekend.


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CaptainOfCrush
02/12/19 12:14:56 PM
#27:


Sweet Victory, boys!
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Ngamer64
02/16/19 4:17:59 AM
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Even four days later I'm still celebrating!
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LusterSoldier
02/21/19 8:34:47 AM
#29:


Hmm, the new purge rates don't seem to work the way I thought they would. We actually went above 400 topics for the first time prior to this morning's purge, so I thought that meant the entire board would switch over to a 5 day purge rate and kill off an ass load of topics (over 100 of them). But we only lost around 20 topics from the most recent purge.

This seems to prove that we don't have a universal purge rate for the entire board based on the current number of topics, like with the old system when it was based on message count. I suppose it's better that way as we wouldn't lose a massive number of topics as a result of moving into a higher purge rate schedule, but also makes things more complicated in determining which topics will purge each night and which ones are still safe.
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Underleveled
02/21/19 8:50:21 AM
#30:


The solution - if we hit 400, we all agree not to make anymore topics and whoever makes 401 is forever shunned from the board. (Once we've broken the floodgate though, have at it)
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LusterSoldier
02/21/19 8:53:37 AM
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Underleveled posted...
The solution - if we hit 400, we all agree not to make anymore topics and whoever makes 401 is forever shunned from the board. (Once we've broken the floodgate though, have at it)


Read my previous post. The new purge system doesn't work the way you think it does.
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Mr Lasastryke
02/21/19 8:54:11 AM
#32:


maybe the new purge rate is just not working perfectly yet.
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Underleveled
02/21/19 11:09:26 AM
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LusterSoldier posted...
Underleveled posted...
The solution - if we hit 400, we all agree not to make anymore topics and whoever makes 401 is forever shunned from the board. (Once we've broken the floodgate though, have at it)


Read my previous post. The new purge system doesn't work the way you think it does.

I mean the solution to this:
LusterSoldier posted...
but also makes things more complicated in determining which topics will purge each night and which ones are still safe.

No confusion if we force keep it at 400.
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DanKirby
02/21/19 12:50:19 PM
#34:


I explained how it works in my earlier post. All topics on Pages 5-8 (assuming 50 topics per page) are purged at the 10-day rate. Only the topics that fall to Pages 9-15 are purged at the 5-day rate.
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banananor
02/21/19 12:54:28 PM
#35:


It makes figuring out when to bump a little more complicated, but it's pretty much guaranteed to always be longer than the previous system
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02/21/19 2:09:08 PM
#36:


LusterSoldier posted...
Hmm, the new purge rates don't seem to work the way I thought they would. We actually went above 400 topics for the first time prior to this morning's purge, so I thought that meant the entire board would switch over to a 5 day purge rate and kill off an ass load of topics (over 100 of them). But we only lost around 20 topics from the most recent purge.

This seems to prove that we don't have a universal purge rate for the entire board based on the current number of topics, like with the old system when it was based on message count. I suppose it's better that way as we wouldn't lose a massive number of topics as a result of moving into a higher purge rate schedule, but also makes things more complicated in determining which topics will purge each night and which ones are still safe.

The position matters. Topic 400 isn't on the same purge as topic 401 even if they were bumped at the same time.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
03/01/19 12:51:25 PM
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Lolo_Guru
03/01/19 3:26:40 PM
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That makes it easy. So just look at page 9 nightly and bump any topic you can't live without?
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Underleveled
03/07/19 1:57:52 PM
#39:


I shouldn't be surprised now that this topic is still here, yet I am.
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Underleveled
03/18/19 2:10:44 AM
#40:


Save
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Underleveled
03/27/19 12:36:53 AM
#41:


I was totally expecting this topic to be gone.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
03/30/19 10:41:58 PM
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it's still here though
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Mega Mana
04/08/19 4:42:05 PM
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and still here
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PButterAndJelly
04/08/19 5:05:20 PM
#44:


@Mega_Mana

Was this really worth bumping?

Are you seriously that bored with your life?
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Tom Bombadil
04/08/19 7:12:46 PM
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Not as bored as the dude who has come back multiple times to complain about the board, probably
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Mr Lasastryke
04/08/19 7:18:21 PM
#46:


wait who's pbutterandjelly
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Tom Bombadil
04/08/19 7:19:41 PM
#47:


Preston
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Mr Lasastryke
04/08/19 7:21:42 PM
#48:


oh ok
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Mega Mana
04/16/19 2:55:17 PM
#49:


Too bad for him, it's back up top!
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Underleveled
04/16/19 2:58:21 PM
#50:


And just for good measure it's on top again
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Xiahou Shake
04/16/19 3:50:34 PM
#51:


Thank goodness this topic isn't purging, otherwise I might not realize topics aren't purging!
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