# Question about what constitutes "off topic"...

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**Created:** [August 18, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-what-constitutes-off-topic/593201 "2011-08-18T17:59:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-what-constitutes-off-topic/593201/2 "2011-08-18T18:27:15Z")

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> [@Nonsensical parking lot experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/63):
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> I doubt that very much. The title said “experience”, not “experiences” and nothing in the OP indicated that the thread was about anything other than what he related. Nowhere did he say anything _close_ to “Tell me about _your_ nonsensical parking lot experiences.”
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> edited to add: If the OP wishes to correct me as to the intent of this thread, he is welcome to do so.

Jesus :rolleyes:

> [@markm](#):
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> Which is to be viewed as the appropriate behavior – strict adherence to the exact content of the OP, or a natural progression of conversation to cover the topic in general?

Well there is sadly [precedent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14095407&postcount=53)for the former, or at least in the context of whatever the mod deems the OP to be about.

**Czarcasm** desperately needs to stop enforcing “rules” in threads in which he is actively involved. He has proven time and time again that his participation greatly compromises the capacity to mod fairly.

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