Are moderators required to give an explanation?

richard · Post #1 » by **richard** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:18 pm

when they lock threads, is it part of their job to give an explanation as to why the thread is locked?

if it is, then none of the current affairs board mods are doing their job, as their are 4 locked threads, none having explanations.

if its not part of their job, it should be, because many posters wonder why it is being locked. why should the mods get several pms asking the same thing. just give an explanation to everybody, not one or a few people.

Post #2 » by **suckfish** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 6:55 pm

Oops, I was talking about the wrong board.

Post #3 » by **Schad** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:25 pm

I'm guessing this is in relation to the two threads which you created on the Israel/Palestine conflict? My assumption (also not a CA mod) would be that they were locked because there is a stickied thread on the topic...which you also created.

richard · Post #4 » by **richard** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:45 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:I'm guessing this is in relation to the two threads which you created on the Israel/Palestine conflict? My assumption (also not a CA mod) would be that they were locked because there is a stickied thread on the topic...which you also created.

that would be a wrong assumption. i created one thread, it got locked, then a 2nd, it got locked. then i created a third thread which got sticked, then later also locked.

KitKatBars · Post #5 » by **KitKatBars** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:49 pm

The threads you create cause too much hostility between the two parties. That's why we have war.

Post #6 » by **Schad** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:01 pm

richard wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

that would be a wrong assumption. i created one thread, it got locked, then a 2nd, it got locked. then i created a third thread which got sticked, then later also locked.

The stickied thread is not locked. Post to your heart's content about it there.

richard · Post #7 » by **richard** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:03 pm

it was locked for a while, someone must have just unlocked it.

still no explanation for their actions, though.

Post #8 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:43 pm

^
richard, have you tried to PM the various CA board mods to ask them? Perhaps that may work.

Comet · Post #9 » by **Comet** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 1:14 am

PMing mods does work (most of the time), but I think it would be a lot more convenient if mods were required to give explanations. It would save the trouble of posters having to PM mods for an explanation, and it would also let the general public know why a thread was locked.

I already see a lot of mods give explanations, so why not make it mandatory?

Post #10 » by **jazzfan1971** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 6:25 am

I don't think there is any need to explain why a thread is locked. The answer is usually obvious.

Heat3 · Post #11 » by **Heat3** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:08 pm

jazzfan1971 wrote:I don't think there is any need to explain why a thread is locked. The answer is usually obvious.

Seeing a few topics on why threads are locked in the suggestions forum would indicate that sometimes the answer is not obvious. I don't think it hurts for a mod to post a simple reason for locking. As stated, many mods do this already. I've seen other forums do it and I think it makes things go smoother.

MagicNolesFSU · Post #12 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:26 am

uhh obviously since theres is like two threads asking mods to explain themselves its not "obvious"

Is it really to much to ask for a mod to give a credible explanation of why they are locking threads? Or is this to much for them to handle?