# Thread Deletion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178 "2004-09-12T22:43:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/1 "2004-09-12T22:43:00Z")

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So I have been away for a few days. I thought I would check up on the the threads I had contributed to recently, and one has gone totally! Yikes :eek: ! The thread was in this forum. I guess mod involvement, and wonder if is there any place that explains what threads are so bad :eek: , they are elligible for deletion?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/2 "2004-09-12T22:44:37Z")

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Er, what was the thread?  
It could have been a victim of the server sidegrade.

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**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/3 "2004-09-12T22:48:55Z")

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it was fruitpie’s cult err club thread

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/4 "2004-09-13T01:36:07Z")

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He was banned. If you want to know why, email a mod. As is sometimes the case, the banned person’s threads are deleted.

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**Author:** ![six\_personalities](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@six\_personalities](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/six_personalities)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/5 "2004-09-13T12:49:12Z")

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I take it that’s only offensive threads that are removed.It seems a bit harsh to remove a reasonable,entertaining and popular thread just because the person who started it has been banned.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-deletion/264178/6 "2004-09-13T12:57:49Z")

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That’s pretty much the case, I think; only threads with grossly inappropriate content are edited or deleted(actually _moved_ to a mod-only forum).