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It is a tad harsh if a post is locked and there's no explanation. But for the most part, yes, it should be obvious why it was locked.
Deleted Threads? I don't get why that feature is enabled. I mean, I can understand why you'd use it on a Thread with an inappropiate title, but yesterday there was a thread that asked about what your favorite Mods were, and rather than a lock that said "Don't discuss modding on this site," it was deleted. Fair enough, but in those situations, an explanation of the rules (because the Thread Creator was new) would probably be better than deletion.
I say that the delete feature should be reserved for threads with inappropiate titles, and then you lock the foolish threads and provide an explanation. Why else would you have both abilities? I mean, if all it took to moderate was just closing threads, then you should delete every off-topic one because explanations would be "redundant."
Rather, the ability to lock means that there should be more instances where you leave a little reply (locked for spam, locked for off-topic) as opposed to just a closing of the conversation. This way, people can learn from their mistakes and not make more Threads about it, or make a thread asking why his Threads get locked.
Just my $0.2
[Edited on 9/18/2006]