XF 2.2 How to delete old posts in a thread?

[GW2]

Our forum has a thread in one of our nodes that contains only birthday greetings. The thread is funny & humorous; and it has helped create a sense of community & friendship among our forum members. The thread was created in 2008 (on phpBB long before I became a forum administrator) and has continued to grow over the past 15 years to 100+ pages....to the point where older posts on the thread are no longer relevant. Birthday greetings from 15 years ago are not particularly interesting.

I would like to either delete, archive, or remove from view, posts on this thread that are more than 2 years old. How can I do that?

After a search on the Xenforo forums, I don't find any discussion of this subject; and it doesn't seem to me that ACP > Forums > Thread Properties > Custom thread fields would be the solution.

 

[Paul B]

You would need to select the posts and split them off to another thread.

 

[Old Nick]

You could lock it and create another one named Birthday greetings season 2

 

[oldford]

You could lock it and create another one named Birthday greetings season 2

That's what I would do. Or rename the old one "old" and keep the new one the original name.

Maybe even split off the most recent 30 or 50 posts to create the new thread and give it a jump start.

 

[beerForo]

My members use profile posts for bdays and it's wayyyyyy better than the old threads. More like social media.

 

[GW2]

Great suggestions guys. Thank you.

 

[beerForo]

Not that there's anything wrong with a thread. It was back when we moved to XF, and we wanted to promote profiles, and a notice worked.