From [here](http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/2291/deleting-closed-questions-with-no-answers) (credit to Iain) : **If the question is more than `30` days old, and ...** - has -1 or lower score - has no answers - is not locked ... it will be automatically deleted. **If the question is more than `365` days old, and ...** - has a score of 0 *or* a score of 1 with a deleted owner - has no answers - is not locked - has a viewcount <= the age of the question in days times 1.5 - has 1 or 0 comments ... it will be automatically deleted. OR It will be deleted if three users with the appropriate amount of rep vote to delete it.