# Why was my "If I were Ed Zotti.... " thread closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096 "2008-09-05T00:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/1 "2008-09-05T00:54:01Z")
I don’t understand. I started an IMHO thread with the intention of finding out what people would do if they were an Administrator and wielded power on here. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/2 "2008-09-05T00:56:04Z")
'Cause **Skippy the Wonder Mod** thought it was complaint, apparently. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/3 "2008-09-05T00:56:54Z")
OK I see Skipmagic provided a mod note but the thread was not started as a protest against Mr. Zotti. Maybe it could be retitled, “If I ruled the SDMB I would…” and reopened? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/4 "2008-09-05T00:59:14Z")
He could re-open the original one with an apology for misunderstanding, but I’m not holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/5 "2008-09-05T01:08:34Z")
I don’t want to second-guess the moderator, but I did notice that in the first five responses there were two posts that could be construed as complaints about the new forum dedicated to Ed Zotti’s book. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/6 "2008-09-05T02:20:39Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > OK I see Skipmagic provided a mod note but the thread was not started as a protest against Mr. Zotti. Maybe it could be retitled, “If I ruled the SDMB I would…” and reopened? Actually, why don’t you go ahead and start a new thread with that title? The replies in the other thread made it read like a complaint thread, so with all of the other complaint threads/posts placed in the wrong fora today, I made the (apparently, incorrect) assumption your thread was another effort of the same. A new thread with your suggested title might work out better. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/7 "2008-09-05T03:43:59Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > He could re-open the original one with an apology for misunderstanding, but I’m not holding my breath. If you lied, and WERE actually holding your breath, you can let it out now. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10154552&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10154552&postcount=6) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/8 "2008-09-06T16:03:30Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > If you lied, and WERE actually holding your breath, you can let it out now. > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10154552&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10154552&postcount=6) You see an apology in there somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-if-i-were-ed-zotti-thread-closed/462096/9 "2008-09-07T00:27:38Z")
If I were Ed Zotti, I would have done the same.