RE: preemptively closing threads

[Skywatcher]

@John_Mace

If someone is trolling, report it to the mods and if they agree then the troll gets warned, suspended or banned. If you can’t convince a mod (or the mods) that the poster is trolling, then trying to shut down the thread because you think the OP is trolling is a lost cause.

But this instance is not limited to just one thread; the OP here linked to four threads exhibiting the same behavior. Sometimes TPTB need to be shown a definite pattern before taking action.