Generally because of this;
The following topics are not allowed in the main public forums or chat rooms:
- offensive/vulgar language
- personal attacks
- religious or political debate
- spammy/pointless/distracting posts
- discussion of illegal activities (drugs, etc)
- advertising competitive sites
- cheating
Can someone tell me what it means when a forum topic gets "locked," and isn't accepting any more new contributions? It doesn't seem to be a function of the number of posts, since some topics get locked with only a few dozen responses, whereas others continue after hundreds of responses. Similarly, it doesn't seem to depend upon the amount of time a topic has been in existence. Is it related to the content of the discussion -- perhaps because it's drifting off-topic or becoming unsavory? I guess that my question is this: Under what conditions does a topic get locked?