Sgt Fury 1 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Can someone explain the guidelines to locked threads? Who decides what can be discussed? What is it that gets a topic locked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I too would like to know this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Can someone explain the guidelines to locked threads? Who decides what can be discussed? What is it that gets a topic locked? The mods decide. Sometimes topics are reported sometimes the mods read them and decide its not appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Fury 1 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 The mods decide. Sometimes topics are reported sometimes the mods read them and decide its not appropriate I see, so if a mod doesn't like what is being said about his club. He can lock the topic without even an explanation. What happened to freedom of speech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The mods decide. Sometimes topics are reported sometimes the mods read them and decide its not appropriate The OP can lock his own thread too, can't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I see, so if a mod doesn't like what is being said about his club. He can lock the topic without even an explanation. What happened to freedom of speech? Theres only one mod who supports a junior team and he isnt that petty. As WB said, the poster who started the topic can also lock it Freedom of speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Fury 1 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Theres only one mod who supports a junior team and he isnt that petty. As WB said, the poster who started the topic can also lock it Freedom of speech The OP didn't lock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The OP didn't lock it. Must have been a mod then. Happy to have answered your question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiepiyo Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 One mod was boasting about his ability to do so in one topic I was reading, who polices the police? 'Coast Guard' according to Homer in the Simpsons lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Fury 1 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Must have been a mod then. Happy to have answered your question You didn't answer it though.You told me who can do it but not why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 You didn't answer it though. You told me who can do it but not why. I did answer why - the topic, presumably, contained something that is inappropriate for this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 There's been 10 posts now of tippy tappying here. Thank you for at least responding Mr X but you're coming across as a wee bit sniffy about it. The point is that there could and should be a method of explaining the specific reason behind locking a thread. The fact that it gets locked means that the moderator has obviously deemed it inappropriate, but for the sake of nothing else but education for future posts, there should be an explanation given to the offending party/parties. Wait.....unless there is?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Someone did post complaining of slanderous rumours being put about. And there were allegations of criminal behaviour. That could give the forum bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 You can phone Div if you aren't happy. Its a loosely moderated forum, don't think mods will be going around all guns blazing locking threads. If they were the sites popularity would dip, costing Div money and as a result I'm sure he does the odd bit of checking on what mods are up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 There's been 10 posts now of tippy tappying here. Thank you for at least responding Mr X but you're coming across as a wee bit sniffy about it. The point is that there could and should be a method of explaining the specific reason behind locking a thread. The fact that it gets locked means that the moderator has obviously deemed it inappropriate, but for the sake of nothing else but education for future posts, there should be an explanation given to the offending party/parties. Wait.....unless there is?????????? Mods have other lives too, sometimes its not possible there and then to give an explanation. Maybe if the OP had been a little less conspiratorial and actually asked about a particular thread, he would have got a straight answer with less tippy tappying. Sometimes, its very obvious why a thread is locked ... Someone did post complaining of slanderous rumours being put about. And there were allegations of criminal behaviour. That could give the forum bother. ... like this. To be, brutally, honest if you need someone to explain that this kind of thing is not acceptable on a public forum then maybe the internet isnt for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Fury 1 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've had a look through the locked thread and can find nothing slanderous or rumoured. I think the comments are quite explicit. The point I am trying to make in my roundabout fashion, is why is there not an explanation as to why it was locked? That way we might be able to avoid a repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've had a look through the locked thread and can find nothing slanderous or rumoured. I think the comments are quite explicit. The point I am trying to make in my roundabout fashion, is why is there not an explanation as to why it was locked? That way we might be able to avoid a repeat. I cant comment because you still havent actually said which locked thread has got your panties in such a bunch. As I said, sometimes there isnt time to give an explanation at the time, sometimes its pretty obvious. If you want an explanation as to why a specific thread has been locked, just ask, but specifically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon The Candy Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 One mod was boasting about his ability to do so in one topic I was reading, who polices the police? 'Coast Guard' according to Homer in the Simpsons lol North Korea police the moderators mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon The Candy Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 could the moderator not put a message up at the end of the post, saying why hes closing it? will keep us better informed about boundaries as to what n what not, we can talk about in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 OP, Any chance of linking us to the thread then we can all decide? Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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