# Thread length limits? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736 "2000-10-12T23:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/1 "2000-10-12T23:27:47Z")
The “Very Vaguely Creepy” thread is on page 11 (I’ve just seen it with my own eyes), but comes up saying it is only 10 pages long. The only way to get to page 11 is to post; you can’t just view it anymore. Do we need to start a VVC II thread, or is this something you folks can fix? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/2 "2000-10-13T01:31:40Z")
Yeah, that’s a sign we need to do something. We’ll get it fixed soonest. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/3 "2000-10-13T01:34:55Z")
Thanks, Tuba (I used to play one of those, by the way). It was starting to get…oh, I don’t know…very vaguely creepy… ---
**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:** [October 13, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/4 "2000-10-13T06:27:01Z")
Sorry, everyone! I should have fixed that, but I was stuck doing double-shift at work. I locked off the old thread and started _Very vaguely creepy, The Sequel_. (note to self: lock-off after 9 pages from now on!) ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/5 "2000-10-13T07:43:23Z")
So just out of curiosity, what happens to page 11? Is it forever in limbo, never to be seen again? I think there were three or four posts on it, and I see you replied (I’m assuming to alert people you were closing the thread), but without posting there’s no way to get to page 11, so no-one can read your notice… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/6 "2000-10-13T15:16:11Z")
Unfortunately that last page may well be lost, I can’t seem to locate it either. I’ll ask the techs, but you can probably color it gone. Sorry. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/7 "2000-10-13T15:19:50Z")
Page 11 can indeed be found. I just looked at it. When you’re on page 10, replace 10 with 11 in the url. Warning: prepare to be underwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/8 "2000-10-13T21:28:32Z")
**[Very Vaguely Creepy page 11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30758&pagenumber=11)** ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/9 "2000-10-15T05:56:20Z")
Is there a way to autoclose after 10 pages? Having a page not accessable by obvious means is a real drag. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/10 "2000-10-15T15:33:14Z")
Usually we catch big threads before they mess up like that, this one got by us. My bad. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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:** [October 15, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/11 "2000-10-15T16:12:24Z")
Actually, _my_ bad. Try to remember, though. It’s not our successes we learn from, it’s our mistakes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/12 "2000-10-16T23:46:26Z")
[Bob Ross voice] But we don’t make mistakes; we just have happy accidents. [/Bob Ross voice] ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/13 "2000-10-17T05:51:21Z")
Yeah, we got your question answered, didn’t we? 10 pages seems to be the limit all right. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/14 "2000-10-19T01:00:13Z")
Just noticed, however, that Satan’s GD thread about LBMB, (which he so graciously bumped back into view for those of us who hadn’t seen it - and thanks for that, it was a slow day at work) runs to some 17 pages, and seems to work fine under the new software, even with the posts added today. Very odd, no? ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/15 "2000-10-19T01:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > some 17 pages I mean 15. Me new at count. Gets hard when run out of fingers. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736/16 "2000-10-19T02:21:33Z")
Me wear open-toed sandals. Me can count to 23. 🙂