closing threads

shooter_from_show-me · September 14, 2009, 04:02 PM

How does the OP close a thread he/she has started but is now finished with it?

I had some I was done with and was wanting to free up some space.

Thanks!

Bill

**Brian Pfleuger** · September 14, 2009, 04:23 PM

You can only close your own thread in the Gun Show forums. All the others take on a life of their own.

In the gun show you just click "Reply to Thread" and there is an option to close the thread after the post. Maybe it can be done with "edit post" also, never tried.

Other threads can be closed by PMing a moderator but you usually have to have a VERY good reason to close one.

**Mal H** · September 14, 2009, 05:10 PM

peetzakilla is spot on with his reply. In general, there is no need to close a thread unless it has gotten out of hand. Disk space is a non-issue.

I don't think there is an option to close a Gun Show thread in the Edit screen, but you can do it, like PK said, in the final post to the thread or by using the Thread Tools menu.

shooter_from_show-me · September 14, 2009, 06:54 PM

ohh...I see. Thanks for letting me know that it is a non-issue of concern. Unless as you say "it gets out of hand"

September 14, 2009, 04:02 PM	#1
shooter_from_show-me Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2009 Location: West Central Missouri Posts: 231	closing threads How does the OP close a thread he/she has started but is now finished with it? I had some I was done with and was wanting to free up some space. Thanks! Bill __________________ When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny. ~ Thomas Jefferson NRA Life Member

September 14, 2009, 04:23 PM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,666	You can only close your own thread in the Gun Show forums. All the others take on a life of their own. In the gun show you just click "Reply to Thread" and there is an option to close the thread after the post. Maybe it can be done with "edit post" also, never tried. Other threads can be closed by PMing a moderator but you usually have to have a VERY good reason to close one. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. ----- He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

September 14, 2009, 06:54 PM	#4
shooter_from_show-me Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2009 Location: West Central Missouri Posts: 231	ohh...I see. Thanks for letting me know that it is a non-issue of concern. Unless as you say "it gets out of hand" __________________ When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny. ~ Thomas Jefferson NRA Life Member

September 14, 2009, 05:10 PM	#3
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,128	peetzakilla is spot on with his reply. In general, there is no need to close a thread unless it has gotten out of hand. Disk space is a non-issue. I don't think there is an option to close a Gun Show thread in the Edit screen, but you can do it, like PK said, in the final post to the thread or by using the Thread Tools menu.