[michaelbenson]

Originally Posted by nexialys

Hum, i think that Paul M passed too much time on vB.org these last weeks, maybe it's time to rest a little and calm down ?! it's christmas time, and there is no panic button here actually...

the thread you are referring to that was closed just after my own post have the REASON in my own post... it is clear, and if you don't understand this, maybe it's because you wanted only to add your own 2? and it was not really necessary...

people wants to have all rights in all situations, but i don't think it's good... i would, as an experienced site admin, have closed and hard-deleted that thread myself, instead of closing it... because it was obvious that nobody was in need to answer this, and the user would have been banned... and internal rules have not to be announced and advertised to all just because it's a public site... does Bill Gates call you at home to tell you that a client was not happy with Windows ?!... no, even if you have the right to know... that's all.

I dont particually think you have the right to go and judge someones actions based upon their activity of late, granted, the example thread provided was closed probally for the user being unlicensed and not having an intention to purchase one, henceforth making the thread void - but i can relate to Paul as i too find it extremely annoying when viewing a thread which has been locked without any explanable issue. And to say that a reason is dispirsed to the thread starter really isnt sufficient to allow the majority usergroup a informative description as to why a particular thread has been locked.

Oh, and nexialys again i dont see how Bill Gates is relevant to the situation of a vBulletin.org forum moderator closing threads without a reason as to why? And lets be honest when would Gates do anything generous to a customer anymore, as long as he is still making money he probally couldn't care less about his personal customer support provided - and thats the difference with vBulletin.org - which, i am assuming, has a main objective as a forum moderator to provide coherant and accessible customer support which all licensed users have access to. Not just the thread starter.