Funding & Peacocks: Where Did My Thread Go?

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A thread discussing astronomers' funding and peacocks has been deleted, leaving participants unable to find it. Users express interest in the topic and suggest that it deserves to be restarted. There is uncertainty about who deleted the thread and the reasons behind it. Participants encourage someone to create a new thread to continue the discussion. The conversation highlights the community's desire for engaging topics to be revisited.
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Has a thread about astronomers' funding and peacocks been recently deleted or moved?

I had posted in it but cannot find it now.
 
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Did you post in it recently? I don't see anything, and somehow I think a thread about peacocks and funding might have caught my attention. Which forum was it in?
 
Yes, that thread was deleted. It is up to the Op to start a new one. It was an interesting idea and would deserve a reincarnation.
 
Oh, yes, now I know which you're talking about. And, I agree with Evo, if someone would like to restart it, that would be fine with us.
 
So, who deleted it? And why?
 
EnumaElish said:
So, who deleted it? And why?

Check your private messages. :smile:
 
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