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Posted 17 June 2013 - 04:25 PM
This is something that I was wondering. Is their a reason that mods post "Lock" when locking topics. It just seems redundant to me. With the expectation of post with a reason on it make them fell it like they are the "bad guy". (even thou I know they need to put the hammer down for the sake of the fourms.)
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Posted 17 June 2013 - 05:07 PM
It's just so that (afaik) the people can know why it was locked, and so other moderators can know who locked it? :?
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Posted 17 June 2013 - 05:25 PM
It's just so that (afaik) the people can know why it was locked, and so other moderators can know who locked it? :?
They most likely have logs to show who did. But it's good to see why it was locked so people don't make the mistake in the future.
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Posted 17 June 2013 - 05:26 PM
Mostly so the rest of the administrative/moderatorial teams know who took the action. And when we're locking topics, we're not being/feeling like "bad guys", really. We're just taking out the trash, so to speak.
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Posted 20 June 2013 - 10:28 AM
I love "Taking out the trash"
But yeah, I just post it's locked usually because I am saying why it was locked, and what not to do in the future.