Close/lock your own thread?

[Jiff Lemon]

Would it be possible?

just think it be useful in some threads we're the answer has clearly been achieved, yet some people continue to post pointless comments over the thread.

[Barry]

afaik it's not possable, you would have to have admin/mod powers to do something like that

[Butuz]

Its ok Jiff Lemon - ill just go round closing all of your threads just incase people start posting pointless coments

Nah, interesting idea, but AFAIK it aint possible, and eve if it was i am not sure if it would need to be implemented.

Awaits Az or Shorty to confirm....

Butuz

[streetster]

pretty sure slamdog has it on his forums? you can close your own threads... might only be setup for the forsale section.. i'll have a look in a min see whats what

mark

[Iain]

There is an option to allow users to close their own threads. We have never had it enabled in the past although the reasons for this may be before my time with Hexus. I'll raise it with the mods and let someone with some experience get back to you

hope that helps

[streetster]

the only problem with allowing users to close and especially delete their own threads, is that people might exploit it (if it were in place in the FS section, which would make sense as no one needs to close posts anywhere else really), ie people claim to be selling some goods, the buyer pays the guy, and then the seller just deletes the thread? or can you not delete your own thread if it has replies?

mark

(just trying to see the argument against enabling it, tho i'm prolly missing some more obvious reasons?)

[Jiff Lemon]

Hence why I think we should just be able to close, NOT delete threads

[Iain]

Probably because it would allow a user to insult someone and then close the thread thus preventing a response until a moderator managed to get to dealing with it. This can cause issues for libel and so on and companies have been taken to court for it in the past. Better safe than sorry

[Zak33]

I'm between decisions on this myself....its sounds ideal in For Sale for example...

but...

like Az says....if you posted "I hate Mr XYZ cos he is a tit" and then closed the thread, Mr XYZ would then open his own thread to fight it and then close it.....etc etc.

So it would spread the problem out....bad news.

Think its gonna stay as it is cos it would be complex....but I know very little of the software side so dunno if forum by forum is different

[Shorty]

It can be set on a per forum basis.. however....

While the logic seems sound, it starts to get really messy.. for the reasons already highlighted above