[wp-edu] Process for pruning/retiring inactive sites?

[Jim Groom]

Sorry, I meant David, but was thinking of the great Yankee pinch-hitter
Chilli Davis.

Jim

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Jim Groom <jimgroom at gmail.com> wrote:

> Davis,
>
> I would even see if you can't find all sites that only have one post, like
> "Hello World," and delete those sites, so you can still clean out your
> system, but keep the stuff that folks may want later on.  I know there are
> some scripts for this we used a year ago or so.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Grogan, David <David.Grogan at tufts.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>  This is good info Joe. According to our sys admin the huge number of
>> tables (as you know WP schema isn’t exactly normalized) starts to cause
>> real issues with MySQL  backups. I’ll ask him to delve a bit deeper into
>> what those issues are.
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* wp-edu [mailto:wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com] *On Behalf
>> Of *Joseph Ugoretz
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:10 PM
>> *To:* Low-traffic list discussing WordPress in education.
>> *Subject:* Re: [wp-edu] Process for pruning/retiring inactive sites?
>>
>>
>>
>> We've found that students will sometimes return to a site and pick it up
>> again even after several years of inactivity. We want to make sure never to
>> preclude that possibility, so we don't prune old or inactive sites at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think I could trust any automated system, and I certainly don't
>> want that manual drudgery. And I don't want a student to ever find that her
>> work, no matter how preliminary and initial, has disappeared--or even give
>> her the impression that she needs to tidy it up or make it disappear.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it really that big a drag on the system to have some inactive sites?
>> (We are up to over 4,000 sites now, and probably only 50-60% are
>> "active"--depending on your definition). Enough to justify the time
>> consuming drudgery? Why not just let them remain?
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Joseph Ugoretz, PhD
>>
>> Associate Dean
>> Teaching, Learning and Technology
>> Macaulay Honors College, CUNY
>> 35 West 67th St.
>> New York, New York 10023
>> 212-729-2920 <//212-729-2920>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 24, 2015, at 7:29 PM, Grogan, David <David.Grogan at tufts.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> What process do you have in place to clean up your WP instance of old and
>> inactive sites? Every summer we look at this and go through a process of
>> manual identification (e.g. sites not updated in past 6 months) and go
>> about trying to contact site admins for permission to delete. It’s time
>> consuming  and drudgery.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> David Grogan
>>
>> Senior Solutions Specialist
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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