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I think this is the hardest decision of all. Sometimes the pleasant, not relevant posts are good because they are chit chat that can bind us together as a group. Sometimes though this does indeed threaten to derail the thread. Maybe pleasant, but not particularly relevant posts could stay if the OP is part of the chit chat? I know that on my own weight loss thread the silly posts were as important to me as the sensible ones, but I can understand the frustration if the OP feels the purpose of the thread has been lost. It would be good if we all remembered the OP at times like this and kept some light-hearted posts there, but didn't let them take over the thread. I think it would be useful if members thought about this themselves so that it wasn't necessary for the mods to intervene.
Should we leave chit-chat posts in the threads then? So Off-topic posts within a thread are permitted. (If the OP complains, they can be removed?)
@Brunneria - updated the reason list, do those reasons look complete?