BRL,
I accept that you may have just woken up, and may not have been fully awake when you wrote that post, but I have to say that I find your posting very concerning.
Mainly because you're equating some people pm'ing you, with how everyone feels. Why not draw the opposite conclusion and assume that everyone that didn't pm you, was happy for the thread to continue?
Those who wanted the thread closed, seem to have become very quiet too, which makes me wonder about their motives.
When you say "it's your forum" I agree completely. It's everybody heres forum. Not just those who choose to complain in private.
Anyway I don't want to make a big deal out of this. I just wanted you to know that some of us don't like the idea of threads being closed, due to some members lobbying behind the scenes.
I'd be quite happy if you followed Whirlys suggestion, and let us know on the thread that you were being asked to close the thread because of xxx. Then those of us who want it left open, can happily pm you to lobby to keep it open!
dp