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anyone who's played more than you has no life
anyone who's played less than you is a noob
Posted by: Recon Number 54
* Shows that a ninja is on duty and is working the forums.
* Allows members (new and old) to see what is acceptable and is not.
* Preserves evidence.
That last one is becoming increasingly important. Especially since the advent of the search feature. We are all responsible for what we say, write and do on this site. Removing parts of someone's posting history is to skew their legacy and (in some cases) remove the proof that their removal or discipline was justified.
Blacklisted members have their posts hidden from public view, but they are preserved and visible via a search. Removing the evidence of someone's spam-spree, o racial slurs, or threats, is a bad thing and could allow them to mount a successful appeal of their ban.
if you don't trust the moderators judgement, don't ask them to be moderators. simple as that.
PM those people. Try to help them. Be a good member, be a good neighbor, offer them some pointers and assistance in keeping the forums clean and easy to navigate.
you and i both know that this would not solve a thing.
Demonstrate (by your actions) how a good thread is made, or how to participate in a valid and worthwhile discussion. Show them, (by not posting any replies and even PM'ing a ninja) that soon-to-be-locked threads do not get any traffic from the good and concerned members of this site.
even if the good community members didnt reply, or 20 people PM'd a ninja, some other sap would reply and start a flame war.
Locking is here to stay and deletion is for the most part unnecessary. Considering the volume of traffic, a locked thread is off of page one in a few hours.
That is not the case. Unless a thread is locked at peak times, it can stay there for almost a day, and, in the quieter forums, longer than that.
If you really are obsessed about preserving everyone's posting history, move the threads to a newly created section of the forum where all the locked threads can live in peace. just get them off our front pages already.