Bit puzzled about thread closure oddity

[rjhowie]

In a recent thread I quite moderately and reasonably gave another point of view on an event. The final reply to that by another resulted in replying to me which included a matter which could have been challenged without any rancour. Instead he said he had his opinion and I had mine and he had asked the moderator to close the thread which he did. I find this rather odd as there were no heated argument but I am not happy at a thread just being closed because someone wanted it shut?

 

[jayinatlanta]

In a recent thread I quite moderately and reasonably gave another point of view on an event. The final reply to that by another resulted in replying to me which included a matter which could have been challenged without any rancour. Instead he said he had his opinion and I had mine and he had asked the moderator to close the thread which he did. I find this rather odd as there were no heated argument but I am not happy at a thread just being closed because someone wanted it shut?

Was it the 235th USA Birthday thread? I saw that too last night. If I read the thread correctly, the guy who started the thread asked for it to be closed, AND it was a thread specifically about July 4th. So because it was his own thread & time-dependent, I personally thought it was appropriate.

Just my .02.

 

[PerRock]

if you have an issue with a moderator's descision you need to bring it up with the help desk not the public forums. Per CoC#19:

Interfering with, criticising and / or publicly commenting about moderation decisions. Messages commenting on or criticizing forum administrative actions will be removed without warning. Any complaints or disagreements regarding forum or chat room moderation should be made by contacting Helpdesk.

peter

 

[AJ_Fox]

Hello rjhowie

The Thread was closed by me at the request of the Threadstarter. As far as I know, his request had nothing to do with any posts there, but rather it was several days after the Holiday.

Cheers

AJ

 

[rjhowie]

I will take this up now because it is unfair and left unanswered opportunity to react to a routinely contyentious opinion. Thanks