Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:52:46 +0000

If I'd know this was a thing before, I would have suggested it. Hope this helps keep the forum a little less cluttered.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:39:51 +0000

Forum lock is implemented.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:29:29 +0000

I can get behind this. Go for it.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:16:21 +0000

I'm good with this.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:13:06 +0000

Supporting with no concerns.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:03:25 +0000

Seems like a fine idea by me

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:01:12 +0000

This is a good idea. I'm all for this.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:46:57 +0000

Given the incredibly rare circumstances in which a typical user needs to make an announcement thread, lock that up and throw away the key.

Re: Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:44:44 +0000

Go for it. It's easier to stop people from posting at all than it is to get them to remember not to post.

Locking Announcements forum from new threads?

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:42:40 +0000

So… this is the announcements forum: http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/c-1113520/announcements

This is the (hidden) deleted threads forum: http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/c-50741/deleted-threads

In the last week alone, we've had at least two single-announcement threads be posted in announcements almost every day (June 6 had… five such threads?)

Given that staff has been deleting these (and in my case, PMing the original poster since sometimes we get people who just create duplicate threads when the first one goes missing) and it takes time and effort, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to just lock the forum from non-mods/admins from making new threads (the way we did for the Introductions forum)? That'll make it more obvious to people attempting to jump the gun that there are directions to follow (i.e., use the collective threads).

If any non-mods/admins need to make an announcement threads, they can create the thread in General and someone will move it. I'd rather just have staff need to move one thread (or less) a month or something than the 15-20ish we've been getting lately.