Every moderator has his own view on closing/moving threads of course. Patron seems to have a rather strict view on posts going off-topic. Others wouldn't be so strict. But it's clearly within Patrons opinion on which posts he will act and which ones he will let slip through. And that's absolutely O.K. IMO.

The moderators are required to have a look onto threads that are or going off-topic and should act before too many posts are made within this thread. So closing an off-topic thread early is a good move IMO.

[This message has been edited by ralfkrippner (edited 02-27-2003).]