Deleted post; Thread is now closed?

[bit_user]

I wrote a nice, long, detailed post in this thread:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/330862-28-intel-xeon-1620


Now, there's no sign of it and the thread is closed. I'm sure the post was actually submitted (i.e. not just previewed), because I went back and made one or two edits to it.

What happened?


Thanks.

 

[jpishgar]

It looks like your response was removed - not sure why, but will inquire of the moderator for the purpose and let you know.

 

[Mousemonkey]

It was an old thread (3 April 2012) that I was trying to close and the system was having issues and wouldn't play the game.

 

[Saga Lout]

Quite legitimate - I would have removed the two before it as well. The previous poster even admitted he shouldn't have bothered posting in view of the age of the thread and the entire subject matter was date related.

If we don't close old threads, someone will inevitably pop up every six months or so with a comment such as "I have the same problem" or "I hate AMD but I lerrrrve Intel" and the Forum would be completely bunged up by clutter. It's always best to look at the date of the original post before deciding whether to contribute.

 

[bit_user]

Thanks for the replies.

The reason the thread got bumped (which prompted the post prior to mine) is that I updated my earlier posts with new info, for the benefit of anyone who happens to run across it (there are only a couple other threads on this particular CPU, so that's actually pretty likely for anyone researching it).

I think it was helpful to be able to edit my earlier posts (which, like I said, is something I did purely for the benefit of others), but I see your point about closing old threads.

Thanks for looking into it and letting me know. Also, thanks for alll your efforts, here on the forums.