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0|0|Locked With no explanation|daylily||02:48:43|05/03/2006|Just wondering - I started a new thread and it seems that it was quickly locked. When I%27ve read other %22locked%22 threads there%92s usually some explanation. But not this one. Did I do something wrong%3F Am I just not seeing it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AStarting Over%0D%0AIndividual Houseguest Discussion Forum%3A Niambi %27s man %0D%0A %0D%0AHmmmmm%3F%0D%0A
1|1|RE%3A Locked With no explanation|tribephyl||07:03:20|05/03/2006|Best to PM or e-mail a %5Bfont color %3D blue%5DModerator%5B%2Ffont%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs opening new threads for dead topics is also a lockable offense.%0D%0ADon%27t be suprised to see another lock here.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso a longer linger on the guidelines couldn%27t hurt.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut%2C from the subject manner of your recently %22locked%22 thread%2C it would seem that your topic was already being discussed %5Blink%3Acommunity.realitytvworld.com%2Fboards%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dshow_thread%26om%3D4529%26forum%3DDCForumID57%26omm%3D0%7Chere%5D. Whether it%27s %22Niambi%27s phonecall%22 from her SituationMan or %22Niambi%27s man%22 they are the same subject. %0D%0ATis always best to add to the ongoing conversation rather than start your own.%0D%0AThat%27s most likely the real reason it was locked.
2|1|RE%3A Locked With no explanation|Snidget||07:56:49|05/03/2006|Here is the link to the FAQ on the Starting over boards which lists that question%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.realitytvworld.com%2Fboards%2FDCForumID57%2F4241.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AAll the what you could have done to get the thread locked are listed either there or in the guidlines and there is a link to that at the top of every page it is blue and underlined and says %22complete guidelines%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AHere is the exact quote from the Starting Over FAQ%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DFAQ 16%3A Why don%27t the moderators explain exactly why a particular thread is locked%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AEach moderator handles things differently. Some explain%2C some don%27t. Besides%2C the moderators who volunteer on these forums already spend more time on the three SO forums than they do on the 70%2B other forums on this site%2C so it%27s not reasonable to expect them to write a detailed explanation for every single lock. When there are literally dozens of alerts in our inboxes%2C we tend to lock first%2C explain later.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s another big reason we don%27t always add explanations. If we reply%2C it bumps the message back up to the top of the forum%2C and that pushes the active discussions further down the page. That makes it harder for posters to find the existing active discussions%2C and just makes it more likely that a new duplicate thread will be started. It%27s a vicious cycle.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A