# If a question is posted and no one knows the board is up...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-question-is-posted-and-no-one-knows-the-board-is-up/7700>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-question-is-posted-and-no-one-knows-the-board-is-up/7700 "2000-02-25T19:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-question-is-posted-and-no-one-knows-the-board-is-up/7700/1 "2000-02-25T19:00:00Z")

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…was the question really ever asked?  
I know, I know…off to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-question-is-posted-and-no-one-knows-the-board-is-up/7700/2 "2000-02-25T19:02:00Z")

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Sorry, buddy. You know we can’t allow that here. Move along…

P.S. Thanks for the opportunity to make sure “move/archive” works correctly.

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