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[mhardin]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Super Duty John:
I think Mike was trying to head off inherent, foreseeable problems with Tim's thread. Plus that same type thread was locked a few months ago.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's exactly why the thread was locked. The best that could have happened with this thread is a bunch more posts saying the same thing that had already been said. The worst was one of our members would have been flamed.

Flames are not conducive to the exchange of information we strive for here. They also would not help our brother member who is feeling a little glum about his treatment as of late. I locked the thread for both reasons. It was not locked because of the precedents, I don't much care about them, to me a thread stands on its' own merits.

As to the SETI thread, the thread is about a team formed of Ford-Diesel.Com members, including our Webmaster. We are identified as such by SETI and will hopefully break into their top 200 teams for clubs. That brings further recognition to this site. I have strived to keep it to a single open thread since its' inception and asked the other members not to spread it across the forums. It has been about 6 months now, and we have maintained that standard. Show me another popular topic that is allowed here that has limited itself to a single, open thread.

There will always be disagreements about thread closings and which topics are allowed. I think Jason has a good balance here, as is demonstrated by the continued growth of the site.

Mike Hardin,
F-D.Com Moderator