Old thread auto lock?
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ali_kat

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32,142 posts

245 months

Monday 14th January 2008
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Is it worthwile adding a script to automatically lock a thread if there has been nothing posted in the forum that is in for 60 days or so?

Then if someone wants to resurrect it, they ask here for it to be unlocked - and their reason......

My reasoning behind this is that there has been a thread ressurected in the PF forum, by a relatively new member simply for the purpose of 'picking' on somethig the OP says in his profile.

This would stop old threads in the quieter forums being bumped, but not the ones in the frequently used forums like P&P - although some might argue that all threads should be locked after 60 or so days of no new posts..... hehe

Silent1

19,762 posts

259 months

Monday 14th January 2008
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It's pointless, threads get ressurected for all manner of reasons and the increase of workload for the mods would be stupid.

Polarbert

17,936 posts

255 months

Monday 14th January 2008
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I wouldn't like to ask a mod to unlock a thread from a while ago. Most of them don't get posted in anyway.

For example, I brought up one that hadn't been posted in in around a year and it was worthwhile.