Why retirement matters more than upload
A library with one stale statistic is worse than no library at all. People will stop trusting it the first time they present a number that has been superseded. Retirement is not housekeeping — it is trust maintenance.
A three-step retirement rule
- Mark the slide as outdated with a clear reason and a replacement link.
- Hide it from default search so new decks cannot pull it in by accident.
- Keep it accessible to admins and content managers for audit purposes.
Review the top twenty most-used slides every quarter
The slides reused most often carry your message. If they go stale, the damage is multiplied. Put a recurring calendar reminder in front of the content owner and make the review a five-minute job, not a half-day audit.