"locking" threads

[jpeters]

Although I like to see "on topic" threads,  closing down a thread with  posts by:softwaregurl(2),robc, kerpob,juanito (2),jason,micshaw and myself because one other poster went a bit off the wall seems a bit heavy handed.
Actually, I thought the contributions by the above writers to be of value in addressing a potentially intimidating process...especially for those coming over  from windows or mac OS.   I recall only a few instances of "locking"
threads by Robert on the dsl board, I believe due to a  highly charged controversial topic that included potential legal issues.  The new standard appears to be

"The reason is stated at the end of the thread, that's all"

[^thehatsrule^]

The moderation basis is indeed posted in the last message of those threads.  For users who wanted to reply, a suggestion was also described in the same post.

Although these are different forums, I'll say that that was only one scenario.

FYI, it's not a good idea to repost messages originating from PMs without permission, in general.

[jpeters]

FYI, it's not a good idea to repost messages originating from PMs without permission, in general.

Yeah....generally I wouldn't.  I'd rather be talking to you about coding issues though, so let's move on....