Do topics purge? Is there a time limit for threads, etc?

[Demosthenes]

I'm just asking because my sale thread in the For Sale/Swap forum was deleted. Was I accidentally breaking a rule or something? I was hoping a mod or admin could help me figure out what happened to my topic.

 

[Demosthenes]

I was able to find it by going through all of my posts and bumping it... but it was kind of a hassle, and my question still stands about what happens to the topics. I promise I'm not crazy... it really was gone from the forum.

Thanks!

Edit: An example would be that my Want ad is missing right now... I could go through my posts to find it, but I'm leaving it for now so the admin/mods can see what I'm talking about. Is this a glitch?

 

[Janice]

We did lose some data when the database was moved. We do not purge topics right now, but when we switch forum software in order to keep the database a more manageable size (and therefore less hassle to move around) we will begin pruning old topics.

 

[Demosthenes]

Thanks for explaining Janice...