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Meta Stop bumping old imported posts with no-change edits

In one case, one of the answers was apparently deleted. I disagree that this would as a rule be undesirable. Cleaning up imported content seems perfectly valid to me; I don't see how anybody i...

posted 4y ago by Canina‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Canina‭ · 2020-11-19T20:43:18Z (almost 4 years ago)
> In one case, one of the answers was apparently deleted.

I disagree that this would as a rule be undesirable. Cleaning up imported content seems perfectly valid to me; I don't see how anybody is served by keeping bad content around, for any definition of "bad content".

Now, one can certainly argue *whether an answer deletion should bump the question*, and I can see good arguments both ways. But that's not what your question seems to be about.


> Maybe it's time to consider deleting all the old imported questions.

Possibly, or possibly not; either way, for visibility, I think that such a discussion should be held in a Meta post that is clearly and specifically about *that*.