# Riddle me this, but in GQ? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183 "2001-10-13T02:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/1 "2001-10-13T02:06:29Z")
I’ve been fairly impressed with **bibliophage** since he became moderator; he’s been generally kicking ass and taking names. Today, however, I have to question his action in closing a riddle thread in CS, suggesting that the proper place was GQ. Huh? When I was a wee lad learning the customs of this board, I was [taught](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1575595#post1575595)… > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by tc_ > **there is a kind of question that is generally frowned upon here in GQ, and that is riddles / wordplay / etc.** Is it just a myth? Or was it only once upon a time, before **bibliophage** started leading us down the slippery slope to Gomorrah? In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if **tc** were a sock puppet for **bibliophage**. He’s just that clever; it’s the old sucker punch. If **tc** ’s not a sock puppet, I shudder at the thought… **biblio** is just one part of a global terror network aimed at bringing the SDMB to its knees. Starting with GQ. ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/2 "2001-10-13T02:10:39Z")
He even deleted my [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92588) to the GQ thread! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/3 "2001-10-13T05:41:23Z")
He closed the Cafe Society thread because it was cross-posted. It didn’t have anything to do with its topic, or whether it was a riddle or not. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92592](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92592) > [@](#): > > First, this does not belong Cafe Society. Second, you posted the same question in GQ. This is called cross-posting and is against the rules. Don’t do it again. This thread is closed. As he said in the GQ thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92588](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92588) > [@](#): > > rustymaize: Cross-posting is against the rules. I have closed your Cafe Society thread. > [@](#): > > **He even deleted my link to the GQ thread!** Um, where, exactly? I don’t see you appearing in either of those threads, let alone with a link deleted. Are you accusing him of deleting an entire post of yours in one of the threads? And I’m really, really hoping this is meant to be a joke: > [@](#): > > **I wouldn’t be surprised if tc were a sock puppet for bibliophage.** If you suspect one of the moderators of using a sock puppet, the correct course of action is to e-mail the administration. ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/4 "2001-10-13T13:07:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > **He closed the Cafe Society thread because it was cross-posted. It didn’t have anything to do with its topic, or whether it was a riddle or not.** By going outside his usual forum to close a cross-posted thread in another forum, he’s basically giving his blessing to the subject in the forum he moderates. > [@](#): > > **And I’m really, really hoping this is meant to be a joke** I’ve seen lots of half-hearted Pit topics where it just didn’t seem like the right forum until someone was accused of Nazism. Since this fell into that category, I figured I’d establish **bibliophage** as an evildoer right off the bat, and get it out of the way. And when my initial post didn’t include the appropiate link, who better to blame? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/5 "2001-10-13T15:16:21Z")
A few things. First, we will always close cross-posted threads. And of course, whoever finds it first closes it regardless of forum. Second, whilst we do frown on wordplay/riddles/etc. in GQ, the kind we _really_ hate is where the questioner knows the answer and is just “testing” our readership. That’s what I initially thought about the thread in question, and I almost closed it for that reason. Good thing I didn’t; it turns out that the OP was asking in order to learn the answer (For his own nefarious purposes Bwahahahahaha!). When the OP is seeking an answer which s/he does not know, as opposed to playing a game him/herself, we generally leave it open. It’s not necessarily our favorite kind of thread, but hey, ignorance is getting eradicated, and GQ is as good a place for it as anywhere. Third, **tc** is not a sock for **bibliophage** , of course. He is a agent of the government sent in to try to interfere with **bib** and **Dr. Matrix** ’s good and just plan to wrest GQ from the ZOG. But we’re onto him, and he will be dealt with accordingly. I hope this addresses any questions you might have. ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this-but-in-gq/87183/6 "2001-10-13T15:39:28Z")
Fair enough; thanks. You Nazi scum! Viva la ZOG!