It's Good to Talk...

[20sent06]

- well isn't it?

I don't know where alse to put this grunt, mostly aimed at mods who take off threads without letting the originator/contributors know...

You are left pondering why??? - not nice, really...

[suesjools]

I agree.

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[astral276]

It's the weekend (which is part of my theory on the hows and whys of thread deletions).

[20sent06]

It's the weekend (which is part of my theory on the hows and whys of thread deletions).

hmmmmmmmmmm

[damian_steele]

The problem is that should admin leave a reason for why a thread was deleted it opens a new can of worms where people state whether they agree with the reason, others ask what the thread was about, rumour and poor memory creates inappropriate posts and folks then demand that admin come back and debate the point. The whole mess goes round and round with more people getting swept up into it, wasting time and effort for weeks. Or, admin delete the thread, people moan about it for a day or two and then everyone moves on.

Yes, it sucks not to know.
But the alternative sucks more.

[20sent06]

The problem is that should admin leave a reason for why a thread was deleted it opens a new can of worms where people state whether they agree with the reason, others ask what the thread was about, rumour and poor memory creates inappropriate posts and folks then demand that admin come back and debate the point. The whole mess goes round and round with more people getting swept up into it, wasting time and effort for weeks. Or, admin delete the thread, people moan about it for a day or two and then everyone moves on.

Yes, it sucks not to know.
But the alternative sucks more.

Disagree - admin may be having a bad day, I don't know - could be all sorts going on that I can only presuppose: common courtesy would not go amiss: send a PM is all it takes after all...

[damian_steele]

Disagree - admin may be having a bad day, I don't know - could be all sorts going on that I can only presuppose: common courtesy would not go amiss: send a PM is all it takes after all...

See how you felt the need to post saying that you disagreed? The same thing would happen even if admin sent PM's.
I've seen 11 years of discussions on here and time after time people refuse to accept admin's decisions and feel the need to post about them. From admin's PoV it's a no win situation. Staying quiet is the closest they can get.

[poppa501]

See how you felt the need to post saying that you disagreed? The same thing would happen even if admin sent PM's.
I've seen 11 years of discussions on here and time after time people refuse to accept admin's decisions and feel the need to post about them. From admin's PoV it's a no win situation. Staying quiet is the closest they can get.

So, let me get this straight. If the Powers That Be do something that many think is questionable, then not give any reason for such action, we are supposed to just kowtow and accept it--no questions asked? Sounds reasonable. I'll be quiet now.

[astral276]

So, let me get this straight. If the Powers That Be do something that many think is questionable, then not give any reason for such action, we are supposed to just kowtow and accept it--no questions asked?

You can ask whatever you like - just don't expect a response or to change anything.

Their site, their rules (whatever they choose those rules to be at any given moment).

[poppa501]

You can ask whatever you like - just don't expect a response or to change anything.

Their site, their rules (whatever they choose those rules to be at any given moment).

I understand that completly, but does that make it right? Should it not be questioned even if we realize that there may be no answers?