Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20150423195945/@comment-1251315-20150429130101

AzuraKnight wrote: I did think about suggesting achieving forum sections but wasn't sure how it would work i do think its a extremely good idea IF it can be done without the active threads (or the newest couple of hundred) being affected users who don't know what had happen would be pretty upset if their thread just appeared to vanish from the forum and it may put them off coming back, i also think it would be a good idea if a forum section wouldn't be able to go above 1000 (at the very most) threads with the restrictions of the forum i pointed out above that would keep them manageable. I don't know if its possible but a script that would automatically move the oldest threads to a archive to keep a section at a set amount would be great. Or even a button that a moderator could press (in the menu with close etc) to move a thread into the archive to manually keep the section to a limited number of threads (but i have almost zero knowledge about those things and if its possible). You raise a valid point. With the ArchiveBoards script, you would still be able to move threads from a board marked as being an archive if it was wrongly placed. This way, if a thread was active and was wrongly archived by the script, you (or anyone with the sysop flag) would be able to move the thread back to an active board and posting would be allowed.

The script hides some elements of boards and threads, but only if they match a condition. I don't think it would be possible to move threads automatically with a script, but it might be possible with a bot, but again, that'd be tricky and need clearance from Wikia in case it violates one of the policies (Customisation primarily).