Speaking from someone who once posted a private thread in the bryce forum, to "friends and bryce family" and had that thread moved...sometimes it is not a good thing... I was in the middle of a very personal crisis, with no where else to find more info, and trust me, i looked everywhere before turning to a public forum to post. It was marked private and OT and asked that only females in the "family" respond...It was a very private matter, in a very desperate time... This thread was moved without my knowledge to the OT forum, and when i did a search to find it, I was devastated to find it had been moved, and suddenly for those i didnt know to read and judge. Thanks to the quick actions of Jeff and Spike, the entire thread was deleted at my request, after several posters in the Bryce family agreed to go in and delete their own posts to that thread, many of which also contained personal information... I do understand the policy of OT threads being placed in the OT forum, and i commend the mods and admins for doing a job well done. But, I have learned, no matter how much help i need, I will not post any such personal info here anymore. I chose that as a medium, rather then leave a community of close friends who we like to call family, which was my only through when i found that my extremely personal issue was now wide open in another forum. My suggestion would be, before a thread is moved, send an IM to the thread starter with a simple message "This Off-topic thread is about to be moved, would you like it deleted instead?" I know i'm not a top-seller, or artist of the month, and my loss here, really isn't that big of a deal...but along the way here, along the path to not only bettering our art, but ourselves as well, we do sometimes make friends, cyber or not. And it was those friends that encouraged me to stay, despite the fact that i was never more embarrased, nor shocked in an online site ever. Perhaps threads wander off-topic a bit from time to time, sometimes more then others, sometimes less...But to me, it's the mix of talent, with all those personal notes mixed in that give is the great respect we have for each other, not only as artists, but as people as well. Now that i've officially broken one of my new years resolutions, I'll zip my trap again. I hope you find peace in happiness in your work, and in your forums... Jen