Hello Damian, Parksyand Lizzie,
I more than many understand that some information in the stickies may be of value to some more than others, and I fully support keeping those where that is the case, But specifically and as an example, the sticky in General about competitions was started over 4 years ago, it was about 2013's competition, and the last posting to it was 2 years ago and made the point the competition was closed! This has absolutely no relevance now to anyone, and certainly does not have any need to be a sticky.
I did not make my reference about taking up space clear enough. It was not related to the capacity of the forum to accept new posts, but more about unessesary clutter on the forum pages. Depending on what type and size of device you grow the forum on, clutter can be more of an issue like intrusive adverts.
At times it is important to keep some items at the top of a section, but it's all too easy to forget to check if they are still relevant or currently important. It devalues the concept of the stickies if too many are held as headlines for too long.
All I'm asking is that for the sake of good house keeping the stickies should be regularly reviewed by the Mods and admin, and unstuck if they're past their use by date.
Its not as if the thread will be lost, it will just move to the regular area of the section, and may be found in the normal way be browsing or using the Search function.