Closing a thread upon owners request... why?

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Originally Posted by Hitman

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I remember some time ago that OLC got fed up of modding, people or whatever, and instead of requesting the thread to be closed he went to his posts and edited them to delete the contents. This created even more nonesense and made the discussion completely impossible to understand/follow. I prefer that Makman's posts stay there on a closed thread instead of A) Annoying him when the thread is bumped again, B) Make him delete everything, C) Start a potentially damaging dynamic.

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Yes, valid line of thought. Hate to see that happen again. (No offence OLC , if you read this)