... this thread goes completely off-topic and degenerates into name-calling and bickering.

And again, I'm going to say: If you don't have anything nice, polite and on-topic to say, then keep your mouths shut. Please. There, I was polite.

Basically, at this time, the issue is unresolved. I will continue to clean up the threads. I will merge together threads on similar topics. I will put threads into place, based upon where I think they should most logically go.

Read this next part carefully, all of you:

If anyone has any opinions or suggestions or comments as to where I have moved some threads, then PM me and tell me where you feel the thread would be better suited.

Every area of this forum has a description telling each of you where to post what. I'm sure Jinn didn't have it in mind to waste his time and ours by making these guidelines. Let's use them. That way, no one has to tell me what an abuser I am for moving a thread off page seven of General Talk and relocating it to page one (of one) of Knowledge Base.

For now, I won't delete anything without first posting a message about it in the General Talk forum. I will make a link to the thread I want to delete and all of you will have 48 hours to reply to it and explain why the thread needs to be kept. People have already suggested to me that some topics should be dated and only kept for about a month after their initial posting. I agree with this. So, happy birthdays and holidays and Go Cubs! will all stick around for a month before either being relocated to the archive (if it comes to fruition) or removed to keep things tidy.

If a thread has some special meaning to you, for whatever reason, PM me and let me know and let me know why. I will be more than happy to keep it for you. I would ask that you provide a somewhat valid reason. I dont know what is important to you unless you tell me.

If there are any threads that people request they might want to be deleted for offensive content or whatnot, then PM me or post your objection in that thread and I will take your concern to Gary and Jinn and we will decide if the thread should be either left alone, locked or deleted altogether. And hey, even if it's something I have said, tell me anyway. I will listen to you and try to use your criticism, if it is constructive, to try and be a better moderator and a better poster. Do tell me privately, though, as that is the same courtesy I would extend to any of you.

It is my recommendation that, if you want to see a thread continued, then you should make an effort to post to it. Threads that sit around without replies I consider to be dead after a couple of months of no views and no responses. I would rather enjoy seeing more people post here. I would like to see more new members post here, but I'll address that though later and in another area of the forum.

So, here's what I want: I want us all to play nice, be polite and offer our comments and suggestions in constructive and productive ways. If you don't feel you can, please don't post it.

Now, please, have a great day and have happy holidays. Let's all try to come together and act like a community of friends.