Thanks, Ax, likewise!
(You do sound like a happy guy!
)
Voted, too.
Strangely, this historian doesn't have much of a problem with losing the originals.
While IS is right that true understanding needs seeing the original, I don't think these threads are of such historical importance that preserving them is necessary. And, who knows, some posters might agree to have theirs stand. Nin is right about the potential danger of summaries, but I guess if someone feels misrepresented, they'd let people know!
(Which reminds me: deleting the threads - does that mean fully deleting or putting them in deleted threads storage?)