Deliberately getting a thread closed with a deluge of inane comments about the weather, to avoid being proven wrong, is uncivil.

Sorry, but that is just speculation. As we have just been saying, no-one but the moderators know why threads are closed but I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with any inane comments. Nor does anyone but the poster know exactly why some comments are made. I cannot speak for anyone else but I have never made one single comment to get a thread closed. Apart from asking the team to close a thread I had started because it had got out of hand. But that is a different kettle of fish!

I refer back to the original linked article and would suggest that a civil debate will stick only to facts that have been thoroughly vetted as true.

I am more than happy for anyone to discuss the weather or beer on here. In a civil manner of course.