Current Events > When does a topic get archived here on GameFAQs

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On the Japanese boards, there is a topic that has been around for ten months before a post was made. I'm used to seeing topics being archived after a month of no activity. When does a post get archived or deleted if there is no activity?

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They changed the system a while back for archival/deletion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/help/19-rules-and-standards

The nightly cleanup process archives or deletes older topics from boards every night between 3:00am and 5:00am Pacific Time. With a few exceptions, topics on non-social message boards are archived indefinitely, and social board posts are permanently deleted.

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 1001+: Always archived/deleted

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Thanks Eevee Trainer.

Seems like you post in all the cool places.Still working on your PhD in math?

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iwasapoetonce posted...

Thanks Eevee Trainer.

Seems like you post in all the cool places.Still working on your PhD in math?

Technically speaking I haven't even started since I'm taking a gap year between undergrad and graduate school - mostly to chill out from a hard few years (personally and academically), but also to study a few things on my own (reading through a text on nonstandard analysis lately for instance). Can't wait to actually start it though! ^_^

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