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@wolfe63 said
I'd settle for on-topic contributions delivered with an improved civil tone.Cookie-cutter trollism has become a repetitive bore.
But, I suppose attention addicts and malcontents will get their fix in anyway possible.

You should start a thread on this topic.

@kewpie said
If thread creator closes a thread for the wrong reasons, objectors can nail their own colours to the mast by creating another thread.

In the past I've created threads which have deteriorated into unpleasantness, but even though I've tried to appeal the thread nastiness continues, wearing my name. It makes me reluctant to create new threads, which should be the lifeblood of ...[text shortened]...
It's only the ability to close our own thread we're talking about here, not any form of censorship.

When you close a thread, it is indeed a form of censorship. What else can you call it?

Moderators do it when they feel it is needed, which doesn't happen a whole lot anymore.

-VR