another idea.. and a question..

[enclave]

Question: when a developer sees that some thread is locked, what is the chance that he reads it?
Answers:
a) 100%
b) 50/50% (depends if the subject is interesting)
c) 1% (doesnt read it, because what is the point if it is locked already)

busy developers can just put a single "a" "b" or "c" as an answer...

Another idea: Why not to make it allowed to be locked only if 1 other developer agrees? to make it more user friendly...
a) No way
b) Go away
c) Ok

[turin]

1) Depends on who exactly it is. Developers in general tend not to read the forums at all - they're a waste of time. Personally, I read every thread that looks interesting, including locked threads.

2) No. It's not more "user friendly", even if it was that wouldn't be a reason to do it, and it would be a waste of everyone's, mainly the developers', time - whatever you may think, threads aren't locked capriciously, and if one developer supports locking a thread chances are about 100% that at least one more developer will do so. Essentially, this is the most inane suggestion I have seen in a while for how to fix a problem that doesn't exist, so, uh, it's not gonna happen.

[cool evil]

Question: B. I'm not a developer but from my personal viewpoint that is about it.

Idea: I can only say maybe. But you don't have this as one of your answers.

[Noy]

1) Depends on who exactly it is. Developers in general tend not to read the forums at all - they're a waste of time.

One look at how many locked threads there are in this forum gives a very good indication of that.

[Thrawn]

I'd say that as most of the time threads here are locked for a reason, usually FPI, but also WIN_, meaning that devs don't really need to read them.

For such threads that are locked for a clear, obvious reason, making to mosd/devs have to sign off on a lock would simply delay the process, as it will still end up being locked.

In less clear cases, we do discuss whether it should or not before going out and actually acting

Btw, I read all locked threads, to see why they were locked...so A I guess

[irrevenant]

One look at how many locked threads there are in this forum gives a very good indication of that.

It should be noted that a number of locked threads are locked because the discussion has come to a halt, not necessarily because they're a bad idea. Sometimes an idea is okay but it's not the right time to pursue it (say, just before a stable release), sometimes an idea is okay but is relatively minor so Devs aren't currently making it a priority.

Good ideas are also sometimes locked due to the thread running away through no fault of the original poster (or original idea).

That's why I started the Good Ideas register on the wiki (after which I promptly got distracted and let it slide ).

[zookeeper]

Good ideas are also sometimes locked due to the thread running away through no fault of the original poster (or original idea).

Well that's simply something that should never be done. Otherwise any idiots can come flood your thread with inanities and get it locked. What should one rather do in such a case? Split, of course.

[irrevenant]

Good ideas are also sometimes locked due to the thread running away through no fault of the original poster (or original idea).

Well that's simply something that should never be done. Otherwise any idiots can come flood your thread with inanities and get it locked. What should one rather do in such a case? Split, of course.

Oh, agreed. But moderators are human too, and it happens sometimes - especially if a thread is long and the meaningful stuff is a few pages back.

[Noyga]

Question: when a developer sees that some thread is locked, what is the chance that he reads it?
Answers:
a) 100%
b) 50/50% (depends if the subject is interesting)
c) 1% (doesnt read it, because what is the point if it is locked already)

busy developers can just put a single "a" "b" or "c" as an answer...

Who cares ?

Another idea: Why not to make it allowed to be locked only if 1 other developer agrees? to make it more user friendly...
a) No way
b) Go away
c) Ok

Often, the lock is a result from a discussion about the thread on IRC.
If only 1 dev agree for the lock you can expect the thread to be unlocked (after some discussion on IRC or/and the mods forum), but in reality this is rarely the case because usually when a thread is locked, it is for a good reason.

[enclave]

well ok then.. Locked

[turin]

well ok then.. Locked

Nice try.

I'm going to not lock this thread just to spite you.

[enclave]

i said Locked :D:D

[Aethaeryn]

Tip: you'll probably get it locked faster by asking rather than ordering and doing the lock in the style of a moderator.

Only moderators get to use green text and mean it.

[db0]

Hey everyone! Unlockable thread! Quick Derail! Throw bad ideas! Quick before they change their mind!

Alright, I want to see the initial era rebalanced. I've said it before that the orcs are not orcy enough. Since I'm here, lets make the vampire bats a bit stronger, since they were nerfed at they don't do anything.
Btw, when are the 1.3.16 windows binaries coming out?

[Aethaeryn]

Hey everyone! Unlockable thread! Quick Derail! Throw bad ideas! Quick before they change their mind!

Alright, I want to see the initial era rebalanced. I've said it before that the orcs are not orcy enough. Since I'm here, lets make the vampire bats a bit stronger, since they were nerfed at they don't do anything.
Btw, when are the 1.3.16 windows binaries coming out?

The Windows binaries are out now, check the thread.