Closed Threads

[John McFetridge]

I'm just curious, we've had two discussions closed on CrimeSpace lately - the "Stephen King disses other writers" one disappeared completely and the screenplay one just says it's closed.

How does this happen and why?

[John Dishon]

The creator of the thread closed it. Don't know why; maybe they will explain.

It sucks too. Usually on Crimespace there are periods where there is a lot of discussion, followed by a lull where not much goes on here. But lately, there's been more consistent discussion so it sucks to have popular threads closed.

[Eric Christopherson]

What's the use of power unless you exercise it? :)

[I. J. Parker]

Now that I love. :)

Are we trying for revolution?

[Daniel Hatadi]

We recently had a thread that didn't have any discussion and was just an announcement, a link to a blog post. I asked the member to remove it, but they went ahead and removed the Stephen King one as well. Unfortunately, I can't bring it back.

I've re-opened the other discussion. It may have been a mistake on the poster's part, as they can close the discussion themselves. The only time I will close a thread as an admin is when it gets completely out of hand.

Power to the people!

[Julie Lomoe]

I just started reading the one about Harper Collins and the state of the publishing industry, and that one's closed for discussion as well. I'm wondering why? It's an important topic.

[Daniel Hatadi]

I've re-opened the discussion. Might be some kind of bug going on.

[Jon Loomis]

Jude pulled the Stephen King thread; not sure about the other one but suspect its closing had something to do with my remarks about recent American presidents who sucked. Not sure who made the call--the original poster, maybe?

[Jude Hardin]

Regarding the Stephen King thread:

One of the commenters brought to my attention that the interview everyone was quoting from hadn't even been published in full yet, so I thought it best to hold off.

My apologies to all who took the time to comment.

[Daniel Hatadi]

Aah, so that explains the Stephen King thread. I must have been thinking of another post.

[I. J. Parker]

See how friendly and democratic it all is?

And there will be other threads. We have some very lively discussions here.