On 14 Nov 2023, at 16:17, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe, but it still means one can't answer an old question, which is
sometimes useful, including if one wants to reply to one's own query
with SOLVED.

That is a policy that the site chooses.
With the Fedora discuss the infrastructure people are open to adapting policy over time to what serves the community well.

I don't think there is a close time for the discuss.fedoraproject.org topics, or its very large.

Some topics get locked to prevent further comment as a moderator action, but that is rare.

Barry