Sure. I don't mean that a [CLOSED] would actually indicate locking the thread. The threads that are locked are usually official contests that had multiple stages, in which case we only left the "results" thread open at the end.

I'm just going to try address a few things here, though I'm on my phone so it's not easy to quote etc.
Firstly, I'd have to agree that the active/closed status would be more effective than a date as it removes the problem of different formats (I'm uk after all).
Secondly, I'd just like to clarify that I only meant to apply it for future threads, but I'd like to thank the person who actually just went through them all and put their time into changing them. I can honestly say that it looks, at least to me, a lot better.
Thirdly to the person who suggested I leave the forum - I was only suggesting an improvement, hence why I put it in the feedback section.
Fourthly (is that correct) I wasn't trying to be defensive, I was just disappointed that my ability as an animator was questioned in a thread about the forum layout.
Fifthly (this is surely grammatically wrong) There's no need to apologise on the behalf of others smeagol, I'm sure it's just a case of misunderstanding between us. I wasn't wanting to demand anything, but only to put my ideas forward and see what people think.
Thanks for the quick feedback anyway everyone.

Yea I don't get why people would attack your ability as an animator or tell you to leave when you were just trying to make it more efficient. not cool guys, actually very distasteful