Marc, this is really starting to tick me off, and it seems to be increasing in the last few weeks. It sure seems to me that thread moves are a lot more arbitrary and unilateral than you make it sound. I'm constantly seeing "I think this belongs in the widget forum, so I'm moving it" messages on threads, which don't really make any case for the move at all. I hear you on the need to maintain RCU as a reference, but let's be realistic - no one is going to look for information by manually wading through thread topics; they'll use the search tool (which has it's own problems, but that's another topic). Too often, I've seen the beginnings of a good thread that end with a "I'm moving this thread message".


I realize that all this is all personal judgement, and that the moderators are doing the best they can. But I also ask you to consider that if the thread is not completely, ridiculously off topic, that the original poster might also have had good reason to place it in the forum he did. We all develop a comfort and familiarity with certain forums, and tend to post everything there, because we know the others will benefit from and/or help with the information and questions presented there.

Topics commonly fit in multiple categories (i.e. one could easily be ARF, Warbird, Giant, and Scale at the same time), and the "main" topic is generally in the eye of the beholder. I would ask that you institute a move policy of restraint; unless there's a really good reason for moving a thread, trust the original poster's judgement and please leave them alone.