I submitted a single quiz question and was rejected because the section on serial killers in the "people" category has been closed. I am wondering-why is it closed?

My personal opinion would be that I would rather have a question or a quiz that recognizes a person who has in some way contributed to the world in a positive way -even though they may have been through more hardship in their life, they have chosen to respond in a manner which enhances not only their own existence but that of others - instead of exhibiting an attitude that the world must owe them, they have chosen to overcome extreme pain through positive action.
They truly empower themselves without harming others.
Negating any need to show any statement of affirmation to someone who has chosen to construct a life that involves injuring and/or depriving others of the right to choose an existence of non-harm. Serial killers deserve nothing more than morbid fascination for the brainless existence of their wasted lives.
Those that choose to kill over and over may seem to come from a position of power but in burning their bridges to humanity they are weak and alone.
As are the people who have chosen to ignore their conditioning. Serial killers are unimportant - their contribution is negative and uninteresting they show such extremes of weak will that knowledge of them advances no positive knowledge. Strength does not express itself in having the ability and/or the means to kill some one or others strength is having this ability and choosing not to use these opportunities.
Shallow and in-sightless people who choose to kill other people are boring.
The people we choose to study or emulate are people who have mastered themselves - contributors e.g. Shakespeare, Chopin, Salk, Pasteur, Mandela, Gandhi all of these had the capacity to see the foibles of humanity and to sometimes experience the worst treatment but they chose to build, to enhance, to employ, to engage in goodness non-harm and emancipation of the true spirit of the advancement of the human race insofar as each was able.

If I recall they were closed out of courtesy for the victims and their families.

Complaints/discussions about serial killers started 11 years ago e.g. this post by the webmaster back in Jan 2001). On one occasion a survivor of a serial killer's attack wrote direct to Terry (off the boards); and on another it was the brother or sister of a victim. Both quizzes/questions were removed from the database. The sub-category was finally closed three years ago, in July or August 2009.

It seems strange that 'serial' killer questions are no longer accepted and yet there are many, many questions here regarding Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Sadaam Hussein et al.

Many of their victims are still alive or have family members that are still alive. Indeed, I don't doubt that there are members here from the middle east that may well consider George W Bush and Tony Blair as mass murderers or at least responsible for many deaths... Where is the distinction drawn?

thanks