[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2265: Old topics are no longer automatically closed after 1 year

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#2265: Old topics are no longer automatically closed after 1 year
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 Reporter:  Clorith         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 This was previously a part of the `_geriatric-threads.php` plugin. In the
 [https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2015/05/15/wp-org-forums-plugins-audit/
 plugin audit post], it's described as:
 {{{
 Add <meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,nofollow” /> to old closed topics
 }}}

 However, it doesn't look like it actually did that, as the
 `dont_index_me()` function was never called in the plugin. Maybe it was
 called elsewhere? What it actually did was auto-close any topic older than
 365 days, but that part was not ported over to the new
 [https://github.com/jmdodd/old-robots/blob/master/old-robots.php "Old
 Robots" plugin].

 Should old topics be set to `noindex`? I can see it both ways, however I'd
 like someone to confirm that it was not an unintended change during the
 migration.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2265#comment:2>
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