why close a thread?

Hi cnpower,

Which thread? Can you provide a link?

When the Admins close a thread, sometimes they post the reason for the closure somewhere near the top, usually in red text.

The following notice, for example, ...

... appeared when the Admins closed the thread Sacred Cows in Science. The OP, Gena, started two threads and made a total of 9 posts before disappearing from the forum. Both threads were closed, for similar reasons.

Perhaps your "thread of have a dream" was closed because the topic of the thread departed too much from the engineering context of this forum?

Its at

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/32164/Have-a-dream

no reason. thats why Im curious. Moderator may know why. but even no pm.

I think this is a very very ordinary words. no matter how you think about, Obama is now president in america. I know he is a black. this also proves any thing can be done in usa. and success as long as you endeavor to study, work for people, struggle for yuou prospect goal. this might not be able to be done in other countries in the past.

everyone will has a colorful dream, no matter how it could become into true.

an engineer may also learn from his spirit.

Say just recent :"What is Black Bulb Temperature".

I read it and you wrote it. Perhaps it was too political. Sorry.

Too political? really? I wonder what is politics? what is not politics? Look back, there were timely lots of topics concerned about politics, some of them obvioursly were behavior of attack. not be closed, some of concern about nation problem, no closed, but to praise a man , a country, to encourage man work hard for himelf, for his country is not allowed, why?

I remember there was topic talk about nation education among countries, too foolish ideas, some of them naive, fufill nationalism. no closed, to teach a baby with a middle school books was a good answer? laughably. again, topic to save car industry is not a politics, is it? bailout is not belong politics, is it? We avoid too politics color as best we can, but still be suggest a politics.

I wonder are all politics topics will be avoided? be closed? I dont like debate, but I wish to make clear, what is what?

haha, I m just asking a question. if the question is not too easy to answer. pm.

Two topics have the most potential for engendering divisive behavior among people: religion and politics.

It is true that politics has an impact on nearly everything we do, but we need not indulge in politics or political discussions (or religious ones) even so.

For example, the rising cost of fuel can be attributed in part to political decisions made half a world away, and consequently I may be paying more than I did last year for the ingredients to bake a cake - milk, sugar, flour, etc. But when discussing cake recipes on a Baker's Forum I need not admit politics into the discussion when everyone else on the forum is really there to read about the latest Red Velvet Cake recipe. Politics is way off-topic in such a forum, as it is in this one. If one wishes to discuss politics, there are political forums aplenty.

I'm not surprised the thread was pulled, even if you started it with the best intentions. Your intentions, for good or ill, do not govern the behavior of others who might read your thread and use it as a springboard to launch a political or racist tirade. There are plenty of folks who'd be happy to do so. Such people tarnish the mission of this forum.

A few weeks ago I started a tongue-in-cheek political thread called "Thanks for the Memories." In it I posted my favorite 'Bush-isms' and the thread was intended to be humorous. But it was way off-topic - definitely not an engineering thread at all - and so the Admins pulled it (and rightfully so) with nary a word. The thread disappeared and that was that. My bad, but I didn't complain because, as a long-time member, I should've known better.

Perhaps this is the message in all this.

oh, I forget, no shadow of religion ii the topic, but a little content of nationality.

as we all know they are two very different concept.

Well, I guess it had the potential to become a venue for racist posts. CR4 doesn reserve the right to close threads for whatever reason they come up with. I can understand that.

regards,

Vulcan

I understand what your point is. Unfortunately, while you may have the best of intentions is raising it, the thread is also potentially politically divisive and may cause heated debates here..

I have seen many political entrenched forums not closed and have complained about it to CR4, when a post that only congratulated Obama in one sentence was shut down to comments. I have seen many comments about global warming that espouses a libertarian and/or conservative point of view and it seems to go on ad infinitum in the post. I was told that any political post were shut down, but I think it is only geared to post that name politicians names and not ideas. You post might have gone unnoticed if you had just said the president(lower case).

look at todays blog at

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/7941/Satellites-Balloons-and-Math-used-to-Count-Inauguration-Crowd

it may be a deal.

DVader1000, according to our oriental idea, Im afraid this would be not a problem to publish

E-man, this is not related to religion. but you can find this arguments easily in this forum. not closed.

I avoid this topic. I show respect to religion, although our Han nationality has no religion. Im out of door to the issue. I can only know it from books.

im only curiors and now I learn a new lession.

Its really huge different cultrue betwwen ouir two countries.

This topic can be publshed in our country openly, no problem, sometimes people like to talk about it and educate their chidren to study hard, work hard for their people and learn from successful man and hereo etc. lots of such books are in book store for readers. But in usa it was limited. why people always say usa is a domocretic country. all is freedom?

Odd enough, in usa, you can draw your president or other leaders as a cartoon creatures, but cannt be allowed in our country, as well as most of our oriental countries. I also dnot agree to make them as such creatuers. I think we shouild esteem them, everyone except humor actors.

haha, I really cannt make sense of usa. as well as other countries.

forget it. Let us continue to discuss how build up a circuit and draw a picture.

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"...But in usa it was limited. why people always say usa is a democratic country. all is freedom?"

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You are generalizing a situation that exists in a microcosm (CR4) to this country as a whole (USA). Broad generalizations are almost always wrong, cnpower.

For example, say I saw you and your friend having a disagreement in a hallway. Would I conclude correctly then that all Chinese people disagree with their friends in hallways? Yet you are making a similar generalization here. And you are wrong.

You are generalizing a situation that exists in a microcosm (CR4) to this country as a whole (USA). Broad generalizations are almost always wrong, cnpower.

You are playing literal game. its easily to judge from context at this bbs join together.

resamblant material has different been dealt with, this might be unfair. you are avoiding this prejudice. we know well we experenced. I wish equal, fair and justice for everyone who visit here. no matter where he is coming from. and his threads.

your deduce instance is deflective. from regular of argument, this should be shown by a yellow board, as same as warning in football game.

Suit yourself.

You have surrendered.

and others who visited this still keep silence. Most of them admitted this might be a wrong to close a thread unreasonably.

I don't care what "most of them admitted," cnpower. I don't do my thinking by consensus.

Surrender? Hardly. You simply don't "get it," and so I'm not going to waste any more of my time talking to you about this. In Texas (and elsewhere in the English-speaking world) they call wasting time in this fashion "kicking a dead horse." Google it sometime.

I know you are doing a game. you dont like to waste time, you have your own intention, you know, I know, and somebody also know. hehe, civilization is the first.

keep calm. other followers will may have a talk.

I know texas by it famous semiconduct manufacture, of cause president Bush. his farm is located there as well.

Let all of us be gentalmen.

Europium & CNPower. watch out. this thread will now closed by CR4 to reduce tentions among CR4 members and to stop further argument between them. CR4 wants harmony and respect among its members. Just add 2-3 more comments among each other and...presto! I'll be right.

haha, please look back from start, I hve never used one " dirty" word. I respect everyone who come here to discuss tech issues.

But someone always like to offend against the rules of the room at politics. it appears if you come from the west, the threads would be approved and released. and in spite of you might find the words they used are very dirty and aggressive.

I dont like arguement. but some persons forced me to do such things. I cannt help it.

Love, Peace, and Happiness (Al Green).

Are we not men ? (Devo)