From https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/133693 > Just to formally document the exact policies we have in place to > remove old abandoned / dead questions, [the Community user][1] will > delete questions in the following circumstances: > > **If the question is more than `30` days old, and ...** > > - has −1 or lower score > - has no answers > - is not locked > > **...or...** > > - it was closed and migrated to a different site > > ... it will be automatically deleted. > > **If the question is more than `365` days old, and ...** > > - has a score of 0 *or* a score of 1 with a deleted owner > - has no answers > - is not locked > - has a viewcount <= the age of the question in days times 1.5 > - has 1 or 0 comments > > ... it will be automatically deleted. > > These checks are run every week across all sites. [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19738/who-is-the-community-user