Locking of threads

[bjkrautk]

Just because I'm confused on this one....why is the Torri Hunter trade block thread locked on the trade rumors forum, but open on the major league forum? It is, after all, a trade rumor.

 

I realize that the ML forum thread started first, and has more replies in it, but from a practical perspective, it makes more sense to lock that thread than it would have to lock the TR thread, and move all the posts in the ML thread to the TR forum (where they should be).

 

Not really a big deal -- I didn't post in either of them -- just a decision I can't really seem to wrap the ol' noggin around.

[BillScottCanRake]

I felt it made more sense to keep the ML thread going because:

 

- I felt one of the threads needed to be locked to ensure the discussion remained in a single thread. While elminating duplicate threads is important, I felt it was more important for all users to use the same thread so everyone had a chance to make their points in the same place.

 

- There were already 7-8 posts in the thread in the ML forum when I noticed them, while the thread in the Trade Rumors forum had only three posts, and one was a link to the other, and it was newer than the ML thread.

 

- The thread in the ML forum had a post by the user started the thread in the trade rumors forum. It seems logical to me that the entire discussion had moved to the thread in the ML forum.

 

- I didn't want to move the discussion from the ML forum into the Trade Rumors forum for fear those interested in the thread might lose track of the thread.

 

It would have been preferable to have this thread end up in Trade Rumors, but all of those things led me to believe leaving the more active thread open, even if the thread I locked was technically in the correct forum and the other wasn't.

[ja002h]

Another option would be to make a post saying the thread will be moved in 1 day or something, just so people know.