Is there a way to auto archive a topic?

[Avraham (Avraham Byers)]

I saw this post, but my question is a bit different in nature.

Is there a way to:

1. Automatically archive or delete a topic after a certain amount of time – in a specific category (not across the whole platform?)

2. Give the option to someone who creates a topic to choose how long they want the post to live in discourse before it is archived or deleted?

Thank you!

P.S. How does the search work here in discourse? In other words, how does the search choose what comes up first?

[ondrej]

Hello,
for question 1 you can give support here:

Topic Timer Archive option

Continuing the discussion from Unlist option in Topic Timer: Yes, exactly, why not archive? I’d like to propose an archive option in the Topic Timer. Use case: Make a competition where people can vote and close voting period automatically (archiving prevents voting). Actually I’d need this option right now and expected it in the drop down. I’m surprised that it is not included in the options.

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However, for now you are just going to have to archive the topic manually with admin wrench.

@Avraham

Give the option to someone who creates a topic to choose how long they want the post to live in discourse before it is archived or deleted?

This can be a new feature request and in itself. There are multiple examples of these things

Allow regular user to archive (or close) their own topic?

Is there an easy way to allow regular users to be able to archive a topic they started? I don’t think this feature would be abused for what I’m considering using discourse for. For example for a buy and sell category, where the item is sold, or maybe a category discussing events, where the event is over, it would be good if the original poster could archive the topic themselves. A point in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks!

Furthermore, not sure how much support the team will have.

All the best

[albert_vu (Albert Vũ)]

ميزة أخرى أعتقد أن Discourse يمكن أن تنظر فيها هي أرشفة المواضيع تلقائيًا عند نقلها إلى فئة معينة.

لذا، بالنسبة لموقعنا، أنشأنا فئة عامة تسمى “أرشيف” حيث نعمل على نقل المواضيع القديمة إليها وأرشفتها. لقد قمنا أيضًا بتعيين إعدادات الأمان بحيث يمكن للمشرفين والمعدلين فقط إنشاء مواضيع والرد عليها داخل هذه الفئة.

بهذه الطريقة، نعتقد، سيتم تنظيف منتدانا بشكل كبير مع السماح للأعضاء بالوصول إلى المواضيع/المنشورات القديمة بسهولة عند الحاجة.

ومع ذلك، لا تزال العملية الحالية لأرشفة المواضيع مملة للغاية:

• الخطوة 1: البحث/تصفية المواضيع القديمة وغير النشطة من قائمة مواضيع كل فئة أو في البحث المتقدم.
• الخطوة 2: تحديد جميع المواضيع ونقلها إلى الفئة المذكورة.
• الخطوة 3: تحديد جميع المواضيع مرة أخرى لأرشفتها.