# Why was this thread closed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/112306>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 4, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/112306 "2002-06-04T04:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/112306/1 "2002-06-04T04:10:48Z")

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Tried to respond with some useful info and this GQ thread was locked. No moderator note either. Odd.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118570](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118570)

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**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:** [June 4, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/112306/2 "2002-06-04T04:58:11Z")

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Did you, perchance, look around to see if it was a duplicate thread?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/112306/3 "2002-06-04T16:40:34Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118569](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118569)