If you chose to lock the thread, maybe the it could be reopened at a later time if/when there is momentum heading towards mixers being accepted back in the forum.
I will likely take this advice because it should be the best for now, but before then, Ognasty's triggered a question, let me ask if before I'll lock the thread.
Even if it was totally legal, I think there's a case to be made for not bringing back the advertising of mixers. I've personally noticed that scam attempts I have to deal with are WAY DOWN since the removal of mixer signatures. The personal attacks I've received have also come down a great deal as most of the scum that was posting here only for money has moved on or are not as active here. I'd say it was probably the first action the Administration has taken in quite some time that yielded a positive outcome for the atmosphere here.
Do you or anyone else also think that the frequent attack on the forum then that made the forum to go offline often was because of the presence of the mixers. Who knows if FBI or any other related bodies were monitoring or bombing the forum. After mixers ban, I don't think the forum has gone offline for a minute.