Why are old threads not deleted?

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When I use Strg+f in a long thread, it takes me to the forum search:
example of a long thread

@yebellz

The difference is whether one finds one relevant thread to read through, or many relevant threads to read through. I find it more convenient to keep relevant discussion together in the same thread.

So each time someone asks something about the rating system, I should just link the relevant thread? All relevant information is there.

OGS has a new Glicko-2 based rating system! [2017]

tl;dr We’re switching to a Glicko-2 rating system, which should be great for a lot of reasons. All of your past ranked games have been accounted for during this transition. Hello OGS! For the past several years we’ve been using a rating and ranking system based on Elo developed by the European Go Federation. It has served us reasonably well, but there have been some shortcomings when applying that system in an online setting. Most of the shortcomings can be traced back to the fact that the sy…