locking threads in classified for not following the posting rules

[IPT]

What exactly is the point of this?
Someone posts a thread, it somehow got approved (which is another matter) but doesn't have all the requirements for a sale thread
a mod comes and locks the thread, giving the OP time to change it or whatever.

But the information's still in the thread and OP can still sell the product in PM.

Either remove all the info when you're waiting for corrections to conform to the rules, or delete the thread altogether.

[exitfire401]

What exactly is the point of this?
Someone posts a thread, it somehow got approved (which is another matter) but doesn't have all the requirements for a sale thread
a mod comes and locks the thread, giving the OP time to change it or whatever.

But the information's still in the thread and OP can still sell the product in PM.

Either remove all the info when you're waiting for corrections to conform to the rules, or delete the thread altogether.

When unapproved, the thread is not visible to anyone other than mods or admins and the creator. This is why we unapprove rather than locking.

[IPT]

What exactly is the point of this?
Someone posts a thread, it somehow got approved (which is another matter) but doesn't have all the requirements for a sale thread
a mod comes and locks the thread, giving the OP time to change it or whatever.

But the information's still in the thread and OP can still sell the product in PM.

Either remove all the info when you're waiting for corrections to conform to the rules, or delete the thread altogether.

When unapproved, the thread is not visible to anyone other than mods or admins and the creator. This is why we unapprove rather than locking.

no im talking about threads that are approved, then seen to not have all the information.
they're left locked and told to contact the mod to be unlocked.

[exitfire401]

Once again, they're not locked, they're unapproved, removing them from being seen by other members until we re-approve the thread. When they're approved and then are lacking information, it's usually a case of a member coming back after an absence and not knowing the new rules, then posting off of an old classified thread rather than creating a new one. Once again, if it's brought to our attention, or we find it, it is unapproved and unavailable to anybody other than mods/admins and the creator of the thread until they comply with the new classified rules.

[IPT]

Once again, they're not locked, they're unapproved, removing them from being seen by other members until we re-approve the thread. When they're approved and then are lacking information, it's usually a case of a member coming back after an absence and not knowing the new rules, then posting off of an old classified thread rather than creating a new one. Once again, if it's brought to our attention, or we find it, it is unapproved and unavailable to anybody other than mods/admins and the creator of the thread until they comply with the new classified rules.

then clearly i'm imagining things as the one plus one thread was "locked" then unlocked while I was able to view it
And now locked again, but still in classified.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62805.0

[exitfire401]

That must've been an accident. It was a matter where us mods weren't sure whether it was violating rules, and admin decided it was, and it was locked rather than unapproved. It happens every now and then.