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    I favor deletion for all of those except quotes or books, which I believe "have lasting and permanent value" Commented Dec 8, 2010 at 23:15
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    @Jeff: I certainly wouldn't object... Commented Dec 8, 2010 at 23:23
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    I think that all or most of these may also be worth looking at. Commented Dec 9, 2010 at 8:00
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    I'd also look at locked questions, but there doesn't seem to be a "locked:1" search operator. Commented Dec 9, 2010 at 17:08
  • All closed questions shouldn't be migrated or deleted? I think closed questions could stay on SO just for waiting another appropriated site get launched. I see no point to keep closed questions permanently on SO. I reviewed closed question with 10+ votes. For me all should be migrated to Pr.SE or be deleted except a minority which should keep on SO until more proper site is graduated. Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 18:37
  • Duplicated questions are exceptions, of course. Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 19:06
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    @Jeff, I'm shocked to hear that you favour deletion; not that I object in the slightest, but doesn't the fact that high-voted questions (or questions with high-voted answers) take mass votes to delete essentially codify the idea that popular questions have value? I've never agreed with that premise, but seems like migration would be the path of least resistance, conflict-wise. Commented Dec 11, 2010 at 18:51
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    @Jeff With over a million questions, is keeping the semi-ontopic closed questions really that much of a distraction? Commented Dec 12, 2010 at 1:44
  • @Jeff: it occurs to me that a reasonable measure of a question's "lasting value" may be the number of links to it from non-frivolous content. SO already provides a handy list of internal links - would it be possible to check if any of these questions have been cited by respected third-party sites? Commented Dec 13, 2010 at 21:13