TV's Frink said:

Jay said:

TV's Frink said:

In all seriousness, can we get some clarification on what threads will get deleted?

You probably shouldn't get too attached to threads started by trolls for trolling purposes who then go on to get banned.

Ok, fair enough. But is this a policy change? I've got plenty of threads on my list that were simply locked instead of deleted.

No, it's not a policy change. There are plenty of similar threads in the forum trash that were deleted rather than locked. The decision to leave, lock or delete is a subjective one, and depends on the content of the thread and to some extent the views of the mod who is reading it.

When I came across the Bobba Fett thread early on, I decided not to take any action. Later, after it had deteriorated rapidly, Jay noticed and removed it.

I think locking the thread for a few days, letting me archive it, and then deleting it would be a reasonable compromise.

Sometimes that's just not reasonable. Take for example the recent troll who had what appeared to be a diseased vagina as his profile image. That kind of shit has to go immediately.