# Thread closed - why? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 16, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860 "2003-09-16T01:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/1 "2003-09-16T01:17:43Z")
Why was this thread closed without comment? Did someone complain or find it offensive? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211159](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211159) There’s apparently a reference to another thread on the same topic, which was started around the same time as mine. However, the link is bad, and I can’t find the thread. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/2 "2003-09-16T03:18:17Z")
Because the original thread appeared to be a disguised advertisement, I went ahead and locked off the thread you started refering to it. I would have explained, but sometimes even us moderators have trouble accessing the SDMB. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/3 "2003-09-16T17:02:22Z")
Out of idle curiosity I checked the thread and noticed that the banned poster **MrVanity** had 4 posts. Noticing that they had only posted once to that thread, I searched by username - a month ago or sooner and found no others. 😕 Were the other 3 simply deleted? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/4 "2003-09-16T18:33:16Z")
Those posts are probably in the super secret mod-only forum where all the spam goes. That’s also where they have the Mod-orgies. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/5 "2003-09-16T18:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s also where they have the Mod-orgies. It is NOT. We have super secret Modfests where we have the orgies. It all starts with strip air hockey, you see… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/6 "2003-09-16T19:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*Because the original thread appeared to be a disguised advertisement, I went ahead and locked off the thread you started refering to it. \*\* Uhhh … okay. It’s not my Web site, though; it’s something I saw while I was searching around. I thought “how moronic,” so I posted a link. Thought people did that all the time. [This is my Web site](http://www.cyburbia.org/), a non-commercial SDMB-like portal for urban planners. It’s linked to the “WWW” button below. It’s not much different than UniBoard, Opal’s site, or other Doper operated Web sites. I only “advertise” it in “What is your Web site?”-type threads. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/7 "2003-09-17T00:40:31Z")
I think **Czarcasm** is pointing at **MrVanity** , not you, **elmwood**. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/8 "2003-09-17T05:38:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by donkeyoatey \* > \*\*I think **Czarcasm** is pointing at **MrVanity** , not you, **elmwood**. \*\* Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/9 "2003-09-17T11:28:13Z")
…strip air hockey? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/10 "2003-09-17T16:51:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wang-Ka \* > \*\*…strip air hockey? 😃 \*\* Is there another kind? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/11 "2003-09-17T18:22:39Z")
What’s the etiquette at a mod orgy? Can the new guy just watch? Does Little Ed ever come? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/12 "2003-09-18T02:59:25Z")
> [@](#): > > It all starts with strip air hockey, you see… I still kick myself for not showing up at that one. > [@](#): > > Does Little Ed ever come? Yes, but rumor has it that it took the combined efforts of **Gaudere** , **JillGat** , **TubaDiva** , **Lynn** , and an unnamed goat. But then again, that was before those blue pills hit the market… ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/13 "2003-09-18T04:20:58Z")
Strip air hockey? \* Day-um.\* I mean, have you ever been clipped by an air hockey puck? It _hurts_! My god, **these people aren’t human!!** ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/14 "2003-09-18T05:42:55Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Can the new guy just watch? Does Little Ed ever come? > > > [@](#): > > > > Yes, but rumor has it that it took the combined efforts of Gaudere, JillGat, TubaDiva, Lynn, and an unnamed goat. But then again, that was before those blue pills hit the market… 8 1/2 hours for a response? See if I ever play straight man again. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/15 "2003-09-18T05:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > \*\* > 8 1/2 hours for a response? See if I ever play straight man again. \*\* Which, from what I hear, were the parting words of **Dr. Matrix** at the Air Hockey soiree. Happy, one-man comedy team ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/16 "2003-09-18T12:14:57Z")
Moderator Orgies are kept top-secret as a matter of nationable security, under the Patriate Act, and by special executive order #45-22(b), which has been approved by every Precedent since Harrison’s second tern. **Lendervetter** , the black helicopters will be tracking you shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/17 "2003-09-20T01:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > **I still kick myself for not showing up at that one.** You’re kicking YOURSELF? Heck, I had retired early to my room, and I only heard about it the next day. I should have known better than to leave everyone while they were still awake. On the other hand, **C K Dexter Haven** and **TubaDiva** had taken me out to my first dim sum restaurant earlier, so I had THAT new experience to savor. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/18 "2003-09-20T06:56:15Z")
The interrogation itself wasn’t very pleasant, but the buffet afterward was nice. Kudos. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/19 "2003-09-20T18:41:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, but rumor has it that it took the combined efforts of Gaudere, JillGat, TubaDiva, Lynn, and an unnamed goat. Which leaves me to wonder if **TVeblen** was left out, or opted out voluntarily. :eek: ---
**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:** [September 21, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-why/201860/20 "2003-09-21T00:24:10Z")
**TVeblen** had not yet been assimil, uh, I mean hired.