Forum stats that don't disappear with hard delete?

[lostgirl815]

Someone made a Mod that keeps the post count from going down when you delete threads - is there any chance this can be done for forum statistics, too? (So that you could delete dead threads without the total threads and posts dropping?)

[SCRIPT3R]

i think there's a fake stats mod around here somewhere.

[lostgirl815]

Thanks, Gear-Tripper! There is, but I don't want to fake them - I just want to hang on to the real ones when I delete threads.

[SCRIPT3R]

but if you hard-delete anything, wouldn't the stats be "fake" as in not real anymore?

[lostgirl815]

They would reflect real posts and threads that were deleted to save disk space - i.e. they would reflect the accurate amount of actual activity - which is all I'm after.

I have a small board and it's kind of essential that the stats let someone know that there is activity - but it's activity that won't be reflected in the totals if I hard-delete stuff.

Do you see what I'm getting at?