Closed Thread

[krakadawn]

Late this afternoon a thread which started out in the Hunting Dog Section about a dog vest was closed. I understand the rules that we all should observe with the forum but I did not see any warnings nor derogatory comments. The focus became buying Canadian when shopping

There were no comments from a Moderator.

While we may not be aware of all details, perhaps the Mods might interject at a certain point rather than just closing the thread.

Censorship appeared pretty tight.

Just saying.......

[Cass]

It is truly a shame that a topic such as supporting local businesses would get the axe. We need to stop hiding behind political correctness and stand together - especially on a site that bears our province's name in its title. An explanation is the least the mods could do.

[trimmer21]

You may have inadvertently gotten caught up in the advertising Rule#8. I have read the thread,so,that's just a guess. You can always contact a moderator for clarification.

[Noseyarentcha]

I went out and searched for winter boots made in Canada.
I found them, but it was tough.
Seems like everything is made in other countries. Even Bogs are made in China....they have a BIG emblem inside the boots, "Created in Britain"...no other tags.
I said, "Bring me the box"...yup....there's the tiny writing, "Made in China."
Pffft

[LowbanksArcher]

Agree with the OP here. It's odd when threads are deleted altogether with no indication of why it was done. Example, a thread a couple weeks ago about the QDMA. No warnings, no reasons provided. Just disappeared.

[benjhind]

There is a post in the thread edited by a mod saying 'advertising' so that is my guess.

My understanding on the QDMA thread was that noseyarentcha deleted it as the OP.

[Dakota Creek]

To answer your questions, I responded to Yellow Dog's comment #9, when it was originally posted which told the OP to go directly to Mendota in the US ... nothing more than that. He lives close to the border and is a proponent of cross order shopping. Not everyone has that luxury or would want to do that. It was only after I posted an example for the OP that you do NOT need to cross border shop to find the same product at a competitive price that Yellow Dog came back to add his additional comments on comment #9 about shopping in Canada. And then the thread was locked .... and no you know the rest of the story! ;-)

[krakadawn]

If advertising is the issue perhaps a reminder would be in place at the time. I can understand that however; post #9 in that thread remains and it has numerous references to where to buy products.
Shouldn't the same broom be used here??

[Noseyarentcha]

There is a post in the thread edited by a mod saying 'advertising' so that is my guess.

My understanding on the QDMA thread was that noseyarentcha deleted it as the OP.

You are correct Benjihind. I deleted all of my threads and posts, not just QDMA. Some PM with a few members convinced me that there was no reason to disappear
...now I wish I hadn't deleted it cuz there was some really good information in that thread.
Start a new one Benjihind, we can learn from it.

[BurlyGirl]

This happens frequently and has been going on for a few years now. It's actually one of the reasons I stopped being active on this forum. I get tired of big business being okay to mention, but heaven forbid you mention a small local business as a reputable source for equipment.