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Stacey



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 10:51 am    Post subject: Locking threads that aren't abusive Reply with quote
    

Why?

Who decides what's interesting and what's not? Why is it any skin of the mods' noses if a debate rambles for a bit? Sometimes a thread loses impetus for a while only for someone to come along and inject a new idea or there are actual developments in the subject being discussed.

It comes across as very heavy handed and arrogant for a mod to just decide to lock a thread that doesn't actually go against the guidelines. Is this a community or a club for people 'in charge'?

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Careful, you'll get locked

What hacve I missed? Edit:I haven't been drinking, honest. Who/what has been locked?

Last edited by Rob R on Tue Jul 15, 08 10:59 am; edited 1 time in total

Jb



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hear hear.

Do we arrest people who aren't breaking the law on the basis that they might at some point in the future do so?

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oh, I see now

pookie



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

JB wrote:
Hear hear.

Do we arrest people who aren't breaking the law on the basis that they might at some point in the future do so?


Minority report, thought provoking film!

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think there's many people who aren't keen on the debates in the first place or would like some locked much sooner. So, locking after 22 odd pages seems a reasonable compromise to me.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
I think there's many people who aren't keen on the debates in the first place or would like some locked much sooner. So, locking after 22 odd pages seems a reasonable compromise to me.


Mafia's hit 31, someone isn't doing their job.

Having read it, it did seem rather abrupt.

vegplot



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There are times when it take me ages to formulate an argument or make a point and it's frustrating to find a thread locked just because it's gone on for a long time. Mods presume that everything to be said has been said, this can be an incorrect assumption and stifles debate.

Jb



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
I think there's many people who aren't keen on the debates in the first place or would like some locked much sooner. So, locking after 22 odd pages seems a reasonable compromise to me.


I think the problem is that it seems rather arbitrary. No rules were broken, we don't have anything saying we'll lock threads that are off topic (there'd be almost nothing on here ) and yet the thread is just killed.

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

JB wrote:
Do we arrest people who aren't breaking the law on the basis that they might at some point in the future do so?

No, but people can be 'sectioned' for their own safety before they do anything that would really warrant such treatment.

I've not read all the thread, but it's my experience that after about 15 pages people are entrenched, and after 20 they start using munitions.

Stacey



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
I think there's many people who aren't keen on the debates in the first place or would like some locked much sooner. So, locking after 22 odd pages seems a reasonable compromise to me.


Why? If it upsets you that much don't read it.

Fee



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was purposely avoiding it while I was busy, but intended going for a read when I had time, what if I had a burning opinion that nobody had put forth already, eh?

Or was it really getting out of hand? I'll have a read later hopefully

Fee



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bet it was that Stacey again, wasn't it

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Stacey wrote:
Treacodactyl wrote:
I think there's many people who aren't keen on the debates in the first place or would like some locked much sooner. So, locking after 22 odd pages seems a reasonable compromise to me.


Why? If it upsets you that much don't read it.


Don't worry I didn't read it. However, some poor mods will have to to keep an eye on things so I'm happy with a reasonable balance.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Fee wrote:
Or was it really getting out of hand? I'll have a read later hopefully


Nope, not a single stoat had been mentioned.

Incidentally the introduction of the stoat to the forums seems to have improved things far more than locking ever did.

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