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Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, / Buried alive;
But rather mourne the apathetic throng / The cowed, and the meek -
Who see the world’s great anguish and its wrong / And dare not speak.
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Posted by: sigmapi103
It would be respected if you explain why you lock threads, not just lock a thread without giving a reason. Obvious items such as discussing stickied conversations are one thing, but I am really aggravated when a thread is locked without reasoning, or the moderator whom locked it isn't identified. Here is an example: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18830455[/url]
Thank you.
As a side note, you simply forgot the opening tag for your link. A link should look like this:
[url]http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18830455[/url]
and you will get this:
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18830455
Another way to do it would be:
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18830455]t ext goes here[/url]
That would let you either describe the link, or integrate the link into the sentence, which looks better usually.
As for the topic, you didn't get a message about what you did wrong because the moderator didn't feel that you had done something bad enough to deserve an official warning, which would have came with a reason (but warnings go on your record, so it's good not to get them).
Usually the reasons for a locked thread are obvious, so they don't require an explanation. In the cases where you're not sure, however, it would be a good idea to PM a moderator; any of the ones you see around the forums would be able to answer your question.
Regarding your specific thread: I would agree that it was locked because it was in the Optimatch forum. Only threads directly related to the playlists belong there, and all other Halo 3 threads belong in the Halo 3 forum. I took a quick look into the Halo 3 forum, and I didn't see any stickied "discuss legendary map pack here" threads (only map threads), and I didn't see any similar topics to yours on the front page or in the top threads. I don't think there would be a problem with recreating the thread in the Halo 3 forum. It is a valid (and perhaps important) discussion topic. I can't see anything wrong with discussing it, and since you didn't receive a warning, I would assume that the moderator who locked it saw nothing wrong either, aside from the placement.