# Why was this thread closed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/418865>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 12, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/418865 "2007-09-12T02:28:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/418865/1 "2007-09-12T02:28:58Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436157](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436157)

And when this happens why not just delete the damn thing or say why it was closed?

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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/418865/2 "2007-09-12T02:31:21Z")

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Dude, the board was down. Posts were not working right.

[here is another one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436158)

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**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:** [September 12, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/418865/3 "2007-09-12T02:38:14Z")

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What askeptic said. We just close them and let them drop.