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Re: Should mods make a post to justify why they locked a thread?
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Mrbluntzy
on 18/05/2024, 14:06:06 UTC
I know sometimes mods lock threads at their own discression, especially at boards where they are a local moderator. At least when s thread gets moved there's some forum notice being posted. But for locking a topic there's nothing to signify it was a moderator action.

I just think it would be a nice courtesy if mods would just add a post before locking a topic to justify why they felt it should be locked. It's good to put this info on the record for future reference. And also from what I understand, since the OP can unlock a topic locked by a mod, a post by the staff member that took the action would prevent misunderstandings.

Yea, I support what you have said alani123. The OP of a topic have the right to lock their topic, a moderator also have the right to lock a thread for a good reason that is best known to them but before moderators must lock a topic of another OP, they should state a reason below the topic, so that users and the OP can know the reason why the topic was locked. If the moderators does not also keep a reason for locking a topic, the OP can send them DM to ask why the topic was locked.