Thank you!

Civility might now come back to GD!

No, I'm not betting the rent on it, either, but one can dream.

Better late than never!

called "Primaries: The Turds" instead.

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Relief! High time!

But this will do in a pinch.

And may the yelling and screaming echo forever more--as long as I don't have to listen to it.

Thank you so much!

instead of locking them? Locking wastes discussion, incuding conversations that were already in progress.

Also of course there will be a lot of gray area around what is about Bernie or Clinton (for example) and what is about the primaries. Is most anything about a candidate, even if the actual topic is not specifically about the primaries, but say, about them, is that kind of thing also supposed to be in GD : Primaries?

I pretty much never start OP's so not relevant to me, but I'm thinking the better this is defined, the less violation of it you will see.

Then people should learn where to post their OPs- it isn't rocket surgery.

To the admins- thanks. The minority vocal supporter jackasses in all camps are grating on my nerves.

Has nothing to do with people being jackasses, which I'm sure most of us are guilty of some of the time. It has to do with something being on the wrong side of a loosely defined border between being about a candidate and about their primary candidacy.

No big deal to me, was just asking, my guess is it is difficult for the admins to move it, was curious though.

only lock

why this is so, but I don't know what it is. I do know that if, for instance, I posted a thread where it doesn't belong, I would be notified and could adjust accordingly. I hope my reply to you didn't come off as snarky, because that was not my intent.

On edit: the admins are hip deep in alligators dealing with malicious intruders (beyond MIRTs reach) and serial disrupters. As a 3 term moderator and 2 term MIRT, I cut them some slack. If you ever want a hint of the dark underbelly of DU, volunteer to MIRT. It is eye opening

Probably less. The primary will essentially be over on Super Tuesday in early March.

For example, it seems likely that we'll have a Democratic primary for the nomination to succeed Barbara Mikulski. Given that the new "General Discussion: Primaries" is "for exclusive discussion of the Democratic presidential primaries," I assume that posts about that race are inappropriate for GD: Primaries and should therefore go to GD. Is that correct?

Of course, such posts could always go to Maryland, but that race is an example of subjects that would interest many DUers outside the particular state.

are still permitted in GD.

as I assume like me- many don't scan the board for announcements every time they log in or participate in the administering of the forum. But thank you, this is what I asked for.