# Re: Closure of the Big T thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301 "2010-05-21T20:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/1 "2010-05-21T20:35:07Z")
I totally get that OP’s can request that their thread be closed, and am not in disagreement with that. But this poster, after a contentious thread, with many participants, basically, returned, responded to 9 posters, told 7 of the them they ‘misunderstood’ and then had the thread closed. What the Hell? How is that okay? I would not have a problem with it being closed before Big T’s latest post. If he wanted. But to come in and respond to all those posters, basically telling them they just don’t get it, and then, before they can respond, thread closed. (Just to be clear to the sensitive Big T, this is not about anything you said or your thread specifically. It’s about thread closure protocol, in general, and your thread is just the example being used. Just so you understand.) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/2 "2010-05-21T20:38:06Z")
There’s always The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/3 "2010-05-21T20:42:32Z")
If I’m reading the OP correctly, her question is about about how something was handled by the Mods, i.e. thread closure protocol, which cannot go in the Pit, not the OP him/itself. Oh, and link please? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/4 "2010-05-21T20:47:49Z")
Yeah, I’m not interested in pitting anyone. I just am wondering why they would close a thread where the OP directly addresses the responses of 7 different participants, and then gets the thread closed before any of them get to respond to him. That doesn’t seem right to me. I don’t think I’ve seen such a thing before and just want to understand the thinking. I could care about the Big T thread. He wasn’t really listening to anything anyone was trying to tell him anyway, that’s clear. No different outcome would happen if it hadn’t been closed, I’m sure. But it’s not about that thread, it’s about denying interested posters to opportunity to respond to the points raised in the OP’s last post. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/5 "2010-05-21T20:50:44Z")
**Jack Betty** , I appreciate your religious stance but it’s spelled “atheist.” I’m not trying to be a smart ass, but it’s better you catch it now and not in the middle of a famous SDMB religious debate. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/6 "2010-05-21T20:53:20Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > **Jack Betty** , I appreciate your religious stance but it’s spelled “atheist.” I’m not trying to be a smart ass, but it’s better you catch it now and not in the middle of a famous SDMB religious debate. Not to worry-the _rest_ of us got the joke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/7 "2010-05-21T20:55:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Not to worry-the _rest_ of us got the joke. > > 😃 If it was indeed purposeful, feel free to begin the mockery. My dunce cap is at the ready. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/8 "2010-05-21T21:01:02Z")
It will look very jaunty on your charming melon, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/9 "2010-05-21T21:05:09Z")
And then a Mod wanders in and his only comment is a side reference to someone’s vanity title spelling? But no addressing of the concerns raised by the OP? Have I fallen into bizzaro world? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/10 "2010-05-21T21:07:41Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And then a Mod wanders in and his only comment is a side reference to someone’s vanity title spelling? > > But no addressing of the concerns raised by the OP? > > Have I fallen into bizzaro world? They are above the law! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/11 "2010-05-21T21:08:28Z")
The thread had gone on for four pages. No one was saying anything new. The OP requested that we close the thread. I closed it. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/12 "2010-05-21T21:17:03Z")
The original questions were resolved, perhaps not to **BigT** ’s satisfaction, but at least in terms of whether the warning would stand. I see no reason to continue the thread, so the lockdown seems appropriate to me. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/13 "2010-05-21T21:22:28Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And then a Mod wanders in and his only comment is a side reference to someone’s vanity title spelling? > > But no addressing of the concerns raised by the OP? > > Have I fallen into bizzaro world? Bizzaro world? That’s pretty much SOP isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/14 "2010-05-21T21:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > The thread had gone on for four pages. No one was saying anything new. The OP requested that we close the thread. I closed it. Did you even bother to read either of my posts? Did you miss this; > [@](#): > > How is that okay? I would not have a problem with it being closed before Big T’s latest post. If he wanted. But to come in and respond to all those posters, basically telling them they just don’t get it, and then, before they can respond, thread closed. or this; > [@](#): > > it’s about denying interested posters the opportunity to respond to the points raised in the OP’s last post. Did you just not feel like addressing the valid concerns I raised? Or is just that you feel enough had been said, and who cares if the posters he responded to had something else to add? Especially since he was basically telling them they didn’t understand. Something new might have been added if you hadn’t closed it. I think that people, especially when there are 7 of them, should have the opportunity to rebut whether they ‘understand’ or not. How about it? Care to actually address any of the points raised? Or are you now prescient and ‘just know’ no one was going to add anything further of value? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/15 "2010-05-21T21:52:40Z")
I will marry the next Doper who signs up with the user name **“Jack Betty”**. Even if she isn’t as athy as me. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/16 "2010-05-21T21:54:29Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Oh, and link please? I’m not entirely sure, but I believe it’s [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563459&page=4). ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/17 "2010-05-21T21:54:42Z")
I am above the law! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/18 "2010-05-21T22:48:10Z")
I raised a valid point, I was polite and respectful. I am not doing anything other than asking for clarification. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/19 "2010-05-21T22:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I will marry the next Doper who signs up with the user name “Jack Betty”. Even if she isn’t as athy as me. What the devil does this have to do with this thread? Can you explain please? Or this: > [@](#): > > I am above the law! Is it ‘just post random stuff day’? And I missed the memo? Please explain yourself. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301/20 "2010-05-21T22:54:29Z")
The first “They are above the law!” was a sarcastic response to the suggestion that the moderators shouldn’t have closed the thread. The second “I am above the law!” was at the realization that I’d misspelled **Jack** ’s name. Apologies for distracting from the discussion in the thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-closure-of-the-big-t-thread/540301.md?page=2)