# Why was thread closed?

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/why-was-thread-closed/57776>\
**Category:** gCaptain\
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/why-was-thread-closed/57776 "2020-12-19T18:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/why-was-thread-closed/57776/4 "2020-12-20T12:23:34Z")

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> [@Icebreakers](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/icebreakers/57763/5):
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> I think a general topic for icebreakers is a good idea.

I think having general thread on a forum like “Shipyard News” is a poor practice. Do you have an example of some forums that use that method? Because I know plenty where the policy is to start a new thread of a different topic.

This thread is a good example. The title is “Icebreakers” but the topic of the OP is a general question as to why a thread was closed. So now two discussions are intermingled, three really if you count the post about the Aurora Australis being retired.

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