Yeah, but we don't delete dead stuff either. That way we can go back reference, bump, etc. I had posted in there quite a bit too including my praise of Rand that I was going to rub in your face
Normally this is simple. We only remove threads from public view, but we perm. delete news articles we have collected but don't want to post so I don't have a ton of extra orphans in the database.
Edit- Well bad for you, but good for site. I know it's just one old thread but...my current quick process for catastrophe repair works. but in the process I've locked myself into a way that would require a fairly substantial pause of the forum to get the thread back. Probably not worth it if you are comfortable with that and now I know I need to adjust my backup scheme.