Has the policy of Chat threads being deleted after 90 days been changed?

[BOFtastic]

I just wondered as I was searching for something earlier, and a Chat thread from 23/09/13 popped up, which by my reckoning is 158 days ago.



Is it just a glitch?

[ZanyMobster]

My ones have now gone.

[NymodigFruOla]

Have they all gone yet? I think there may still be a few that should be deleted?

[NymodigFruOla]

So, how's it going with this problem - MNHQ/Tech?

[NymodigFruOla]

I agree with Zombie - and Zany's post ( A thread I started under an old nickname which I definitely wanted to disappear is still there from September ) is a case in point.

[TheTerribleBaroness]

[AnyFucker]

Goodness me

[IamtheZombie]

Zombie can understand that tracking down the reason no Chat threads have been deleted for 6 months may take some time. But why can't Tech or HQ just clear the 270 pages of threads now and sort out the root problem ASAP?

[ZanyMobster]

A thread I started under an old nickname which I definitely wanted to disappear is still there from September.

[NymodigFruOla]

So, a bump for Tech

[NymodigFruOla]

I agree, Valp, 180 days ago is 90 days too long. Something's gone seriously wrong here.

[Valpollicella]

Sorry I meant to say the earliest threads in Chat are posted on 4th Sept, there aren't any before that

[Valpollicella]

There are ones going back to the beginning of Sept, 4th to be precise

That makes 180 days ago. Interesting that it's exactly twice as long as the usual rule of 90 days before removal

[NymodigFruOla]

Don't worry, Celtic, the more people that add to this thread, the merrier

It's an important problem that needs to be sorted.

[CelticJuggler]

I so need to read more... That'll teach me to stop just creating a new thread via Active conversations.

[NymodigFruOla]

As I mentioned above, because someone asked the same queston :

"Started :"

"Please note that threads in this topic are removed from the archive 90 days after the thread was started. If you would like your thread to be retrievable for longer than that, please choose another topic in which to post it."

That quote ^^ is from the top of the Chat topic.

[CelticJuggler]

I've always wondered whether it's 90 days from starting the thread or from the last post?

[NymodigFruOla]

OK, it's Monday - so a working week - this now needs to be addressed.

Some people post in Chat in the expectation that their thread will disappear after 90 days.

[NymodigFruOla]

Hmm, have a look at this screenshot, as an example. All started at the beginning of September last year - there must be loads more.

[IamtheZombie]

It appears to Zombie that there are around 270 pages of Chat threads that should have 'expired'.

[IamtheZombie]

Tech can start by looking here Amy.

[Vibrissa]

Oct13
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1882555-Can-I-ask-a-very-random-question-about-Christmas-day-in-America

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1889947-What-makes-your-house-a-home

Also
Sept13

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1859206-NHS-111-is-it-always-this-much-of-a-debarcle

[Vibrissa]

I just remembered that mine were on my watch list.

I don't want this one to go, but it is an example

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1882555-Can-I-ask-a-very-random-question-about-Christmas-day-in-America

[AmyMumsnet]

Me again - any chance you could post some links to threads that haven't disappeared after 90 days, just so that tech can have a good ol' dig?

Ta

[Vibrissa]

I spotted lots of similarly dated threads in Chat (was looking for an old thread a few weeks ago)

[NymodigFruOla]

Yeah, I know, Zombie and Chaos

Sadly, I guess that pore ole Tech will have this one in his Inbox tomorrow morning