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[Seriyu]

If I keep a refuse stockpile inside for butchers and the like, and something starts rotting, will it automatically be taken outside? Or will it be put into the indoors refuse stockpile?

[gtmattz]

if you have a refuse pile, indoors or outdoors, dwarves will take stuff to it.  They will usually take the stuff to the nearest one.  Dwarves will never take rotting stuff outside, or anywhere else for that matter (barring any insanity or wonky combat related incidents), without a reason.

[Seriyu]

Alright, thanks again.

[BaronBalloon]

if you are worried about miasma, something i found useful : a tile exposed to the surface counts as above ground permanently - even if you build a roof over it, a refuse pile there should not generate miasma. so just dig a channel down from the surface to cover the area you want the refuse pile in, then floor it back over. incineration is another option, but only if you have magma, and if you're careful how you do it.

[Seriyu]

Hmm...

How much of an issue is miasma?

I realize it causes unhappy thoughts but does it put a huge drain on happiness or does it balence out?

[KrazyDocK]

For me, miasma is just plain annoying.  I can't see through all that purple!  The good news is that you can still use loo(k) and each individual tile underneath the purple to know what's under there.

The negative thought is just secondary to me.  And I don't know just how negative it is.  Happiness is based on a number of things and as long as there is more positive stuff than negative stuff, your dwarves should be sufficiently happy.

[gtmattz]

If you want an underground refuse pile and don't want to bother with channeling to the surface, or channeling is impractical, you can seal off the room with the refuse pile in it with diagonals and the miasma cannot escape into the rest of your fort.  This isolates any miasma related bad thoughts to dwarves who happen to be putting something in the refuse pile while something is putting out miasma.

[TheyTarget]

If you want an underground refuse pile and don't want to bother with channeling to the surface, or channeling is impractical, you can seal off the room with the refuse pile in it with diagonals and the miasma cannot escape into the rest of your fort.  This isolates any miasma related bad thoughts to dwarves who happen to be putting something in the refuse pile while something is putting out miasma.

Wouldnt a door work just aswell?

[Tcei]

A door will work, but it'll allow miasma to escape anytime someone opens it.