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Why lock and not delete threads? - Aug.-8th-2008 13:41:36   
surfengineer


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Status: offline 		I haven't been on this site that long but it's real easy to see this ****/GTAIV (etc. etc.) is a nuisance. When this person or any other PS3/360/Wii fanboy creates a flamebait thread, why do you guys lock it and not just delete it? You can still read a locked thread so their pathetic message is still out there. Just curious...
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RE: Why lock and not delete threads? - Aug.-8th-2008 14:02:59   
Catastrophe


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Status: online 		We lock and delete.  Oftentimes a member will not check their PM box so if a thread is simply deleted without a period of lock then they create a mimic thread and ask where their first one went.  Locking the thread before deletion gives the OP (as well as new members getting acclimated) the information.

Additionally, oftentimes a thread is there for info purposes and once a question is answered it is locked but left so that others can see the info.

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RE: Why lock and not delete threads? - Aug.-8th-2008 14:09:37   
surfengineer


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Catastrophe

We lock and delete.  Oftentimes a member will not check their PM box so if a thread is simply deleted without a period of lock then they create a mimic thread and ask where their first one went.  Locking the thread before deletion gives the OP (as well as new members getting acclimated) the information.

Additionally, oftentimes a thread is there for info purposes and once a question is answered it is locked but left so that others can see the info.


Oh yes I didn't think about the people that would keep posting the same thread not knowing it was deleted. Thanks for the reply btw.

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RE: Why lock and not delete threads? - Aug.-8th-2008 14:42:16   
Catastrophe


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quote:

ORIGINAL: surfengineer
Oh yes I didn't think about the people that would keep posting the same thread not knowing it was deleted. Thanks for the reply btw.


NP, now as this is one of those informative type threads with a question that's been answered, locked.

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