@MattSamuel could you quantify your claims regarding mass deletions? If a serious debate is to be had this seems important. Say, starting from which percentage do you think it is mass deletion? — quid ♦ yesterday

@quid Quantify? What do I look like, a mathematician? In seriousness, I can't attest to the quantity being large compared to the total number of questions. But I consider hundreds to be mass deletions, and I'd estimate given my anecdotal observations that it's at least of that order. — Matt Samuel yesterday

@MattSamuel "hundreds" over what period of time? In total? Per day? What else? Assuming total, given that there is more than a million questions on the site "hundreds" will be less than 1 in thousand. If that is your opinion I encourage you to be up-front about this and to frame your critique in that way. It would also mean that you seem to think that there is not even one question per day newly asked that should be deleted. Do you actually think this? — quid ♦ yesterday

@quid I'm focused mostly on the deletion of old questions. — Matt Samuel yesterday

@MattSamuel define "old". I mean it ought to be possible for you to articulate a precise objection. And if you cannot then it would seem apt to present it as such, as some vague sentiment that you are unable to make precise. There is an actual risk in users believing all kinds of stuff just because other users repeat something all the time. Mass deletions of old questions happen. No one knows how many, no one knows what old means. But certainly it sounds scary. ;-) — quid ♦ yesterday