I thought I'd recently seen the auto-delete criteria posted here, but I can't find it now... I fairly frequently downvote closed, downvoted questions just to be sure they get auto-deleted. Since I can never remember exactly what the rules are for the auto-deletion, if something is -1 with no activity, I'll often make it -2 just to be sure. According to the [FAQ post on Meta.SO about deletion,][1] my habit of adding another -1 just to be sure a closed question gets deleted isn't necessary: - **The system** will automatically delete [unlocked, unanswered questions that have negative score after 30 days][5]. - **The system** will automatically delete [unlocked, unanswered questions with score of zero (or one if the owner is deleted), fewer than 1.5 views per day on average, and fewer than two comments after a 365 days][6]. - **The system** will automatically delete any question (and its answers) or answer with a score less than 0 when its owner's account is deleted. - **The system** will automatically delete questions migrated to other sites [after 30 days][7]. [1]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that [5]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006 [6]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006 [7]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79051/why-was-my-question-moved-and-why-was-it-then-deleted-off-of-the-original-site/79082#79082