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Old 07-30-2009, 03:02 PM
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Been noticing more and more topics getting locked for no apparent reason. Rules were not being broken, but topic gets locked. Censership?

Example: Sooo...What are you listening to?

No reason for the lock given, nothing offensive. JUST LOCKED, like so many in the past.

If your gonna lock a topic, I think we deserve an explanation on why your locking it. Is that asking too much??
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Just as a casual outside viewer, Im going to guess it may have appeared to be turning into a Tavern topic toward the end.

I know in the Ohio discussion forums they try to keep things on topic, radio-related. If it veers off to far into a non-radio related topic, it may get shut down or moved. Probably the samething over in that thread.

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I can't give you an answer why because it wasn't me. Try contacting the Regional Mod for the forum.

Why wasn't this posted to the Forums Admin forum? Argh, you guys are killing me.
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Not at all... One mod locked the topic, and the rest will respect his decision. The regional mod in the Illinois forum should be contacted for the reason why... It eludes the rest of us too...
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that's called a stacked deck
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Old 08-03-2009, 12:27 AM
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I can understand a topic getting locked when it goes off topic without explaniation, but topic that stay on topic and locked should at least get an explainiaton.
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Heh... I think I see the problem.

I was once a moderator on a site with about 15,000 active members. It doesn't take much for a post to go off in left field, and the seeds had certainly been sown in THAT one. *snicker*
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pass the buck
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that's called a stacked deck
Perhaps you would like to expand on these statements. I would be interested to hear exactly what you mean.
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Discussion is over. No more posting for attention.

The dispute is with the regional moderator. Contact them because that's policy. I, nor any other moderator, are going to change the situation without knowledge of why things were done as they were.
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