^ I think it is 900.

I can speak from personal experience that some people here can dish it out but not take it.

Why is the "JD Salinger" is dead thread I created in Other being deleted?

The first thread you started was merged with the existing one in Book Talk. The second one you started was merged with the existing one in Book Talk.

Thanks. didn't see it there when I checked.

Seems pretty silly that we can't talk about JD Salinger in Otter.

Could someone explain me why this thread was closed?

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/blu-ray-bar...3-27-a-13.html

By explanation, I mean, why in the blue hell does someone here think that using to legally distributed coupons by Disney is fraud or cheating? Just because they closed the thread in another forum, doesn't mean that they are right and we are wrong. Toys R Us will get reimbursement for both coupons and they don't have the policy that Target and Best Buy have of only accepting one coupon.

I went to Toys R Us twice already and the coupons scan without a hitch. The clerks didn't make any fuzz. I went to the thread above to ask something related to the scarcity of the Blu-ray packaging at that specific store and now I don't know if opening a new Toys R Us thread will get me suspended.

By the way, I'm not trying to put pilot on the spot here. He has been a great mod in this forum, but I don't see why people who used the 2 coupons are now called cheaters or think that this is fraudulent behavior.

The reason I closed it mostly was because I was annoyed at the fact of people who constantly feel the need to while maybe not illegal, but maybe somewhat unethically - by either knowingly or unknowingly use multiple coupons on one purchase, who the post about it here, and then have to sort through the posts of those who call those posters out and having people squabble with each other about doing it, which then requires me to keep going in and editing and deleting posts over and over again.

I was hoping that it would possibly make a statement, albeit maybe a small one which would stop it from reoccurring.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tech-talk/5...re-manage.html

People can't ask about software to copy DVDs? Copying a DVD is legal (fair use), breaking copy protection is not legal (digital rights management act). There are DVDs without copy protection which can be legally ripped to a hard drive, if you had the right software. Asking about the software is not allowed?

He wasn't even asking about software to copy DVDs, he was asking about media management software, which makes the lock even more ridiculous. Was the post even read before the thread was locked? It certainly doesn't look like Trevor read it before making his post..

You may have missed the years of discussion we've had about the DMCA.

And we're not going to help in those endeavors as stated in the same forum that thread was posted. http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tech-talk/4...-material.html

No, I read it. And because I've been here for more than a week I knew it wasn't going to be allowed, and thought I'd let the OP know before anyone reported it or deleted the thread.

Okay, so I wasn't terribly surprised that "blu ray is Stupid" was closed. But I would take umbrage with the thread closing remarks by nemein:

"Mod note: DVDtalk is not really the place for format wars. If you want to get into those types of discussions I'm sure there are plenty of other places out there that will accommodate you."

Not to be too much of a malcontent, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take long to find evidence of format war disputes going on amongst our little community. In fact, one of the more interesting threads I've seen is in the DVD & Home Theater Gear sub-forum, questioning whether there is a double-standard among fans who embrace HD, but shun 3D. There are legitimate questions being asked there, and while I certainly agree that none were raised in "blu ray is Stupid," I definitely think the idea that this community doesn't have, or for some reason isn't the appropriate venue for, those debates is categorically wrong.

You seem to be arguing against something that nemein didn't quite say i.e. "these types of discussions" could more charitably be construed as referring to intemperate, vitriolic, warlike ones.

Although gratuitous "warlike" format bashing clearly is unwelcome, I would expect informed, mature debate to be another thing entirely.

This said, a major problem when endeavouring to keep the forums free of petty bickering is that there are often those who will drag a constructive debate right down into the gutter.

Consequently, there comes a point when an adminstrative decision has to be made that, based on previous warnings to "play nice" constantly being ignored, particular topics are verboten.

Just my two pennies. I don't tend to look into such threads/forums and doubtless nemein will clarify whether a decision has been made on format discussions in particular or just the ill-tempered ones.

Don't get me wrong; there was nothing of any value to be found in the cited closed thread and I think anyone who read the initial post was amazed how long it stayed open before being locked. I'm certainly "on board" with the spirit of nemein's reasoning, and your reiteration of it...but I still think using a phrase like "DVDtalk is not really the place for format wars" is inaccurate.

As has been mentioned there are threads around in which varying views on formats are being discussed... I wouldn't call those "format wars" myself. To me a "format war" is more akin to troll posting. Make sense? Apologies for any confusion. If you look at the time my post was made, 2315, that was the quickest phrasing I could think of to shut down the thread in a way that would hopefully kill that type of thread/conversation

Add "HICK by Andrea Portes (my wife)" from the movie section to this thread.

That one was at the request of the OP.

Complete bullcrap reason in my opinion.

The OP should have no more 'rights' to a thread than you or I.

If a post was offensive, remove the post and punish the wrongdoer, don't delete the entire thread.

Oh, I know why it was deleted, I just wanted it added to the thread as another example.

What's funny is that there was nothing offensive at all. A publicity photo of a published author was posted, and somehow that triggered the complaint.

I think I caught most of the thread before it was deleted, partially through the email notifications. It did look fairly innocent to me, and I theorize that the OP didn't really know what he was starting, wandered over and took his first look at Otter, and panicked, seeing where things may have gone.

delete

That last part was pretty uncalled for Crow. Somebody is going to do similar things in almost every thread here, we just have to ignore it or have fun with it.

And not really knowing the particulars, the three different answers given up there could all easily be correct on his part, and not anyone being full of crap. I googled, I googled and saw it on site x, I googled and saw it on site y. All correct even if I omit the 'i googled' sometimes.