Closing Threads: Who's Closing & Can OP Close?

[Stephanus]

I've seen some thead that has
"Not open for further question"
Who's closing this thread? Mentor?
Can the OP closes the thread?
If he/she can, where's the button. I'm just curious. Because I've seen so many interesting thread, and some of them are not open anymore.

 

[davenn]

its done by a Mentor ... often when the thread has got way off topic or maybe strayed into personal theories or non-physics topics ( eg free energy, perpetual motion, philosophy etc) both of those last conditions are against PF rules

hope that answers your Q

I will ask for this thread to be moved to an appropriate forum section :)

cheers
Dave

 

[Dale]

Many old threads are closed automatically to prevent "necroposting". Newer threads can be manually closed by a mentor, ovten when the discussion us becoming problematic, and often in conjunction with deleting posts and issuing warnings.

 

[Stephanus]

its done by a Mentor ... often when the thread has got way off topic or maybe strayed into personal theories or non-physics topics ( eg free energy, perpetual motion, philosophy etc) both of those last conditions are against PF rules

hope that answers your Q

I will ask for this thread to be moved to an appropriate forum section :)

cheers
Dave

Wow, the respond is so fast.
Yes, yes. It answers my question.
Thanks.

 

[phinds]

Wow, the respond is so fast.

That's because rather than sleep, Dave hovers over the keyboard just waiting to pounce on easy questions

 

[Stephanus]

Ahhh, that grin icon.
Okay,... but still no LOL icon?

 

[jtbell]

Okay,... but still no LOL icon?

Click on "Old School" after you bring up the smilies palette.

(although I'd call this one ROFL rather than LOL, so it may not be the one you're looking for. )

 

[Stephanus]

Click on "Old School" after you bring up the smilies palette.

(although I'd call this one ROFL rather than LOL, so it may not be the one you're looking for. )

Ahhh, thank you thank you .
This should be enough for me

 

[Stephanus]

That's because rather than sleep, Dave hovers over the keyboard just waiting to pounce on easy questions

. This is what I would have responded