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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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				<name><![CDATA[fib12345]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[fib12345@brickmation.net]]></email>
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			<updated>2009-01-16T00:38:18Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Sméagol][quote=Max Butcher]These locked threads are getting SO annoying.[/quote]

Then don't post lame threads, so we won't have to lock them!  Everybody wins.[/quote]

I salute you sir, that was pure pwnage.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Droid]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/137/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-16T00:33:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Night Owl]My "Hands of Fate" is actually a reference to a film, and unrelated to my current actions.[/quote]

Hehe.  I admit that "The Arbiter" was intended to be self-deprecating given the cleanup work I've been doing here lately.

[quote=Max Butcher]These locked threads are getting SO annoying.[/quote]

Then don't post lame threads, so we won't have to lock them!  Everybody wins.  :D

-Sméagol, not directly addressing Max, who hasn't made any lame threads on this site]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Sméagol]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/28/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T22:43:50Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[What do you mean? I post quite regularly. My "Hands of Fate" is actually a reference to a film, and unrelated to my current actions.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Night Owl]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/98/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T18:14:34Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[These locked threads are getting SO annoying. 

I understand when someone has posted a thread that is already around, but when its just locked because its gone offtopic is not cool. Most of the time its not the mods fault (Smeagol was perfectly justified in banning History 500) but the only times I have seen Night Owl on the forums is to lock a thread. He certainly lives up to his "Hand of Fate" moniker. 

Just my opinion. 

-MRB]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Max Butcher]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/239/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T17:08:08Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=fib12345][url]http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/animekitsune/inb4lock.jpg[/url][/quote]

I still enjoy them :P

-Darkman]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Darkman]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/86/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T16:29:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Yeah, my ban just ended today, and it seems to have got the message across that the standards are higher this time.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Bruce]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/52/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T16:21:14Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[fib, big "in before the lock" images are one of the things that I know tend to annoy the older members around here.  The joke [i]is[/i] pretty much dead, to be fair.

Aaron, don't worry about it, the standards have definitely changed and that wasn't made very clear anywhere until now.  So it was fine to have this kind of discussion, there's no need to be ashamed.  For now I'd rather not lock the thread in case anyone else has questions or suggestions regarding this.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Sméagol]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/28/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-01-15T02:06:14Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[fib12345]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[fib12345@brickmation.net]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/172/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T01:20:16Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[:(

I feel ashamed of myself for making this thread :( I'm not smart enough to know that stuff. Just please, [i]please[/i] lock this.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Aaron]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[geoffandben@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/62/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-15T01:00:48Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes, I did ban History500 after warning him several times to think before he posted, warnings he didn't heed, and decided to announce a contest (not suggest it, announce it as in session) without thinking through [i]any[/i] of the details.  (I didn't ban him for that one thread, I banned him because of multiple offenses from the past.)  [url=http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/9141/#p9141]Here's the original explanation I provided.[/url]

This is quite a bit stricter than in the past and it's unfortunate that cracking down may cause some hard feelings, because it shouldn't, we're just trying to help you guys grow up a bit and not scare off new members.  History500 for one told me he understood the reason for banning him and didn't have a problem with it.  I think that, in the long run, avoiding spam and threads that are a waste of peoples' time will benefit this community, once people are used to the higher standards.

On a side note, I probably would not have locked some of the community threads that Night Owl has locked, but he's right that they are often redundant, for example the "What are you doing" thread is very similar to the "Cafe Corner" thread.  It's nice to have it a little more simplified and organized when possible.  I locked the "Half of the BF forums were deleted" thread because the original topic had been resolved and the second discussion, not related to the topic anyway, had also run its course.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Sméagol]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/28/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-14T21:58:35Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Robitussin works for me.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[maggosh]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[caberwikijack@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/127/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-01-14T21:39:04Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Lechnology][quote=Jonathan|Marrero]:/ Be thankful that we don't delete threads because you have a certain opinion on something.

That's  what Brickfilms does, if you didn't already know... [/quote]Now you're basing that on what...two members who don't deserve mod powers and aren't being objective when they make decisions (*cough*History**cough*Doctor*cough*)?[/quote]

Lech, get that cough checked out. ;)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Droid]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/137/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-01-14T20:21:18Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/10402/#p10402"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Jonathan|Marrero]:/ Be thankful that we don't delete threads because you have a certain opinion on something.

That's  what Brickfilms does, if you didn't already know... [/quote]Now you're basing that on what...two members who don't deserve mod powers and aren't being objective when they make decisions (*cough*History**cough*Doctor*cough*)?]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Lechnology]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/80/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-01-14T20:04:36Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/10402/#p10402</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Too many threads being locked... (and one other problem)]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[This forum is as exciting as the background colour.

Probably.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Matt Gillan]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/94/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-01-14T17:53:27Z</updated>
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