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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

Ki, I agree with you completely that non-duplicate threads made by legitimate posters should not be closed, even if the topic meanders or is considered "stupid" by mods, unless the original poster (when available) requests and/or okays the closure.

I try to merge duplicate threads, but since there's been a problem with post and thread merging across VBulletin forums (like MB) lately, the best I can do is post a link to the existing thread before I close the new one.

Edit: I'm stupid. I misread your post