# Why was this "What are you watching" thread closed?

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**Created:** [February 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796 "2009-02-28T15:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796/1 "2009-02-28T15:24:10Z")

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This thread…

> **[Whatcha Watchin' (March '09) Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508587)**
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> March has arrived! Or will tomorrow, anyway. My Mom used to say In Like a lion, out like a lamb, so the end of March should be nice here. We’re getting ice pellets in my part of the world. I’m in the middle of Penelope with Christina Ricci. It...

…was closed because it was a duplicate. But a duplicate of what? I can’t find another “What Are You Watching” thread for March.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796/2 "2009-02-28T15:35:36Z")

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I’m guessing the person who flagged it didn’t realize the difference between the “reading” thread (a long-established monthly tradition) and the “watching” thread (a more recent addition). I flagged the post calling it a dupe to let the mods know it isn’t.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796/3 "2009-02-28T15:38:15Z")

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I too notified the mods. Hopefully they’ll put it right soon. (Man, first the changes in the pit and NOW _this_! I’m leavin’ for sure! :))