# Why Was This Thread Closed?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920 "2005-04-18T17:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/1 "2005-04-18T17:48:55Z")
I saw a thread today: > **[Forget the Da Vinci Code, \*this\* is cooler: the Oxyrhynchus Papyri decoded](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312487)** > > Link here As a classics and mythology student, I just have to say: Word. 🆒 🆒 🆒 I thought it was interesting and posted a reply. Came back to look again about an hour later and it was closed?! Can anybody figure out the cause of it being closed? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/2 "2005-04-18T17:50:57Z")
Because there was already a thread on the exact same thing. **Cajun Man** linked it. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/3 "2005-04-18T17:51:10Z")
There was already a thread on the subject. Cajun Man linked to it. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/4 "2005-04-18T17:51:20Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I saw a thread today: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312487](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312487) > > I thought it was interesting and posted a reply. Came back to look again about an hour later and it was closed?! > > Can anybody figure out the cause of it being closed? Click on \*\*Cajun Man’s \*\* link. It seems to be a duplicate thread. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/5 "2005-04-18T17:51:34Z")
Looks like there was already thread on the same topic. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/6 "2005-04-18T17:51:42Z")
Looks like it was a duplicate thread. Read the mod’s post at the end. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/7 "2005-04-18T17:52:05Z")
**Kytheria** requested it to be closed. There already is another thread about this (very interesting!!!) topic in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/8 "2005-04-18T17:52:42Z")
Never mind. Seemed to have overlapped by a couple minutes…the thread was similar to another and the OP asked for it to be deleted. Sorry. Oh, and mods - feel free to delete this thread as well! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/9 "2005-04-18T17:52:43Z")
Triple simupost! ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/10 "2005-04-18T17:53:57Z")
Crap, Sorry for the dupe post. When I posted I did not see any responses, when my screen refreshed I was the 5th post. Damn I knew I typed slowly but sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/11 "2005-04-18T17:54:33Z")
Wow - talk about multiple posts at the exact same time! That was a rush! ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/12 "2005-04-18T18:32:54Z")
I think the thread was closed as it was a duplicate. I’m suprised no-one else has mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/13 "2005-04-18T18:40:15Z")
I wish someone would just come out and say why it was closed… ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/14 "2005-04-18T18:41:05Z")
Will you people stop screwing around and answer the OP’s question? The thread was a duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/15 "2005-04-18T18:41:33Z")
You know, there might have been another thread on the same subject. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/16 "2005-04-18T18:44:03Z")
I think it was because there was another thread on the same subject. In 1960. Or 20 minutes ago. Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/299920/17 "2005-04-18T18:45:09Z")
Nonsense, it was all a conspiracy. They’re all out to get me… (It was a duplicate. I saw **Bosda** ’s thread two seconds after I posted mine, and I e-mailed **Cajun Man** to close the thread. End of story. Now please, I beg of you, feel free to hijack this thread. :p)