I think that is the general rule here on TGT. I don't see that many threads that are getting any sort of intervention...
Why is it that you allow some threads to run for ever and some you lock why pick and choose?
I have been stopped by a lock because someone did'nt like my opinnion there seems to be a little clique on this forum and if you are not part of it to bad!!!
Just my .02 cents!!!
Murfdog
Its all good man, sometimes we are just left scratching our heads a little.....Here's a little run down on my perspective.
I've moderated forums for nearly a decade. I've probably made a quarter of a million posts on forums, literally. I've been on forums that had absolutely draconian moderation, and I've been on forums that have no moderation, and some that even encourage, if not define, trolling (4chan anyone?).
When a thread reaches a certain limit, where the answer has been made or a certain line has been drawn between sides, there is a threshold set where it ceases to be positive. I've posted on forums long enough to understand where this limit exists, and what is to come of threads. Sometimes I am proven wrong, but the vast majority I am right. In the case of the .357 Sig thread, since this seems to be the thread in question, there wasn't any more productive substance to the argument. The original argument pitted personal experience with theoretical and well-founded evidence, that would be an example of positive argument. The retorts then drug the level of argument to a personal level, an attempt to discredit the thoughts and measure of another person. The thread at that point ceased to be productive to a 3rd party, ergo my reasoning for closing the thread.
It's a judgment call, and frankly not everyone is going to be happy. If you want to define the clique, then I'm more than happy to entertain that idea.
Lastly, I do not and can not read every thread on this forum. I rely upon the report a post feature and my time spent perusing the forum to draw attention to problematic threads.
Your thread, Murf, was closed because I answered your question in the most logical manner I knew how. There is absolutely no reason, or demand, for me to limit the size of threads. In fact, it is beneficial that threads extend beyond a simple number of posts because that means there is a demand to be a part of it. It's what makes the forum a forum.
funny you should mention that.
i'm moving this month.
ya won't in a few days, unless ya wanna help me move that is
so dont ask me to dance again either!
it was a kilt!
cant go to a scottish country dance (reel) in blue jeans!
btw you know why scotts wear kilts right?
long story, involving a bottle of scotch, a quart of kerosene, 2 deviled eggs, a windmill, and a 2 1/2 dozen live roosters.