Locked threads

Quote by neilinleeds
i'll have a pigging holiday, with comfy soft pillows, if they're on offer, and a hard-core chastising ta very much? possibly in Cuba, at some kind of all-inclusive Sandals type resort, with a fetish bent?
you do get them out there, dontcha? we can hijack this plane with balaclavas if not?

n x x x ;)

Quote by kentswingers777
If a thread is locked and someone pm's a Mod about it, giving a good enough reason for it to be opened then it would be looked at. Im not saying it would, or wouldnt be reopended, but we would discuss it, and then give the person who sent the pm, a decision. Posts have been reopened in the past, and Im sure they will in the future.
It is a case of cant do right for doing wrong. If we leave threads open, people complain, if we lock them people complain,

Ahem -
I had my thread locked - then unlocked - after people who had no interest in the 'topic' themselves, :wary: decided to get 'picky' about certain points which also didn't concern them personally, but were trying to state I was somehow in breech of rules.
Despite answering everything everything honestly and coming up with a valid reason as to why something was 'as it was' more and more, of the same circle, came back with twisted, complete non-topic related posts. There was a complaint made and the thread was locked AND removed while admin looked over it. It was found I was not in breech of ANY sh rules so the thread was then unlocked to continue - though complete with moderaters warning - to stick to the topic alone - Fair enough I believe.. A few posts were then edited because they were stating support for myself & what I was trying to do... I was annoyed at first cos they were nice posts... but then again, after a think, I realised that they still wern't fully on topic - just support for it.
At the end of the day I do support the mods.. and admin, what prattle they have to deal with, usually from a familiar circle of 'gun loaders' who then sit back and watch others get tangled up fireing the bullets while doing this >> >> >>
But all in all... Mods - Carry on the thankless work - some of us appreaciate it (in the end )
Luv Minxie :rascal: xx

Quote by Lost
Why/how would you use a greek dessert to hijack a bloody plane.

Quote by Sgt Bilko
Ooooh I so want to lock this thread!! :? :? :lol: :lol:
Now why would you really want to do that?
At least this thread is staying more or less on the subject to which I originally posted. Unlike some of the threads still going where it has gone a million miles away from the original posting.
There have been some very good points made in both arguements if honest. Hopefully the thread can run, and will just die it's natural course! Which I feel is the way it should be. :lol: :lol:

Quote by woohoo
Threads never die they just get put into storage and Bilko makes cardies and other such things out of them. I have heard a rumor that he employs Dawnie as his chief knitter and cardie designer.
Keep your eyes open for an old gent walking down your street wearing a thread cardie, a wooly hat, scarf and mittens. :lol:

Quote by Ms_minxie
At the end of the day I do support the mods.. and admin, what prattle they have to deal with, usually from a familiar circle of 'gun loaders' who then sit back and watch others get tangled up fireing the bullets while doing this >> >> >>

Quote by Lost
i'll have a pigging holiday, with comfy soft pillows, if they're on offer, and a hard-core chastising ta very much? possibly in Cuba, at some kind of all-inclusive Sandals type resort, with a fetish bent?
you do get them out there, dontcha? we can hijack this plane with balaclavas if not?

n x x x ;)

Quote by Corrie2007
Well I hope hijacking never stops as I like doing it but not to hurt anyone just because sometimes I think its funny ops: . If it all becomes too PC I know I just wont post.
What I always remember is that if I start a thread I dont own that thread in the same way if I start a conversation I dont own in in my home, work etc. I may not always like comments in threads but neither do I ever take any of them to heart as its only a conversation, mostly with people who dont really know me.
I am also someone who is dead old, having been here nearly 4 years and I have seen how things spark at times and get very heated - time of year, boredom, personal agendas etc etc. Locking a thread can take the heat out of it until things calm down again. Very few topics are unique in their content so if they get locked, likely to come up again in another guise if its important or topical enough.

Quote by Corrie2007
What I always remember is that if I start a thread I dont own that thread in the same way if I start a conversation I dont own in in my home, work etc. I may not always like comments in threads but neither do I ever take any of them to heart as its only a conversation, mostly with people who dont really know me.

Quote by noladreams30

What I always remember is that if I start a thread I dont own that thread in the same way if I start a conversation I dont own in in my home, work etc. I may not always like comments in threads but neither do I ever take any of them to heart as its only a conversation, mostly with people who dont really know me.

Quote by Freckledbird
Well I hope hijacking never stops as I like doing it but not to hurt anyone just because sometimes I think its funny ops: . If it all becomes too PC I know I just wont post.
What I always remember is that if I start a thread I dont own that thread in the same way if I start a conversation I dont own in in my home, work etc. I may not always like comments in threads but neither do I ever take any of them to heart as its only a conversation, mostly with people who dont really know me.
I am also someone who is dead old, having been here nearly 4 years and I have seen how things spark at times and get very heated - time of year, boredom, personal agendas etc etc. Locking a thread can take the heat out of it until things calm down again. Very few topics are unique in their content so if they get locked, likely to come up again in another guise if its important or topical enough.

Quote by kentswingers777
As this is my original post, I would hate to see the topic go off in tangents! If that happens then the thread, in my opinion should be locked, as the thread has then run it's course.

If lots of comments are being made, is it not good sense to leave it open if people want to comment on it?

Quote by Ms_minxie
If a thread is locked and someone pm's a Mod about it, giving a good enough reason for it to be opened then it would be looked at. Im not saying it would, or wouldnt be reopended, but we would discuss it, and then give the person who sent the pm, a decision. Posts have been reopened in the past, and Im sure they will in the future.
It is a case of cant do right for doing wrong. If we leave threads open, people complain, if we lock them people complain,

Ahem -
I had my thread locked - then unlocked - after people who had no interest in the 'topic' themselves, :wary: decided to get 'picky' about certain points which also didn't concern them personally, but were trying to state I was somehow in breech of rules.
Despite answering everything everything honestly and coming up with a valid reason as to why something was 'as it was' more and more, of the same circle, came back with twisted, complete non-topic related posts. There was a complaint made and the thread was locked AND removed while admin looked over it. It was found I was not in breech of ANY sh rules so the thread was then unlocked to continue - though complete with moderaters warning - to stick to the topic alone - Fair enough I believe.. A few posts were then edited because they were stating support for myself & what I was trying to do... I was annoyed at first cos they were nice posts... but then again, after a think, I realised that they still wern't fully on topic - just support for it.
At the end of the day I do support the mods.. and admin, what prattle they have to deal with, usually from a familiar circle of 'gun loaders' who then sit back and watch others get tangled up fireing the bullets while doing this >> >> >>
But all in all... Mods - Carry on the thankless work - some of us appreaciate it (in the end )
Luv Minxie :rascal: xx

Quote by MikeNorth
Well I hope hijacking never stops as I like doing it but not to hurt anyone just because sometimes I think its funny ops: . If it all becomes too PC I know I just wont post.
What I always remember is that if I start a thread I dont own that thread in the same way if I start a conversation I dont own in in my home, work etc. I may not always like comments in threads but neither do I ever take any of them to heart as its only a conversation, mostly with people who dont really know me.
I am also someone who is dead old, having been here nearly 4 years and I have seen how things spark at times and get very heated - time of year, boredom, personal agendas etc etc. Locking a thread can take the heat out of it until things calm down again. Very few topics are unique in their content so if they get locked, likely to come up again in another guise if its important or topical enough.

Yup. A good post Corrie can't say I disagree.

Quote by duncanlondon
So I assume that with some threads, there is an increase in either extreme viewpoints, complaints or 'advice', which is sent to the mods from various grumblers and professional complainers. Overwhelmed by this the mods just simply close it.

Quote by neilinleeds
As this is my original post, I would hate to see the topic go off in tangents! If that happens then the thread, in my opinion should be locked, as the thread has then run it's course.

If lots of comments are being made, is it not good sense to leave it open if people want to comment on it?

Quote by kentswingers777
That is right what you say. But I look at threads and see people that seem to " hijack " a thread for no reason that I can see. That to me is so annoying. If that happens then a thread should be locked, and in my opinion rightly so.

Quote by Dawnie

That is right what you say. But I look at threads and see people that seem to " hijack " a thread for no reason that I can see. That to me is so annoying. If that happens then a thread should be locked, and in my opinion rightly so.

Quote by kentswingers777
That's a fair point, but my view for what it is worth is, that I felt this was an issue that a lot of people had discussed on many occasions. There have been timewaster threads galore, which let's be fair is a serious issue for most. But even with a thread like that it tends to turn into a free for all of jokes and nothing at all to do with the original posters comments.
There are of course threads that start off on a funny line and so they do tend to stay exactly that, but even the quite serious topics get turned into laughable threads at times. I think at this rate this thread will be going all year, unless Bilko locks it. :lol:

Quote by Dawnie

That is right what you say. But I look at threads and see people that seem to " hijack " a thread for no reason that I can see. That to me is so annoying. If that happens then a thread should be locked, and in my opinion rightly so.

Quote by Corrie2007
Agee totally and go on start a thread - I need to repond - whatever the subject - go on go on go on