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Jan 31, 2012, 8:58 pm

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Originally Posted by N965VJ

I'm not sure closing threads for comment would end the debate; they could pop up elsewhere. For example: Talkboard is voting on allowing posts in Omni to count towards post totals in OMNI.

Precisely. Nor do I think it is good practice to stifle/limit debate, since a member coming upon the subject after the "official" discussion period may have a very salient contribution to make to the discussion that could significantly affect the outcome. That has happened before, IIRC.