Closing Threads

I'm not trying to sound aggressive or annoying but I can't really see the logic in closing the threads anymore. It's not like they get deleted and leave space for other threads, they're just ''locked,'' and they sit there when there could be a discussion going on inside them. Surely they should only be locked if they're going to cause offence or start a giant argument wih something like racism or religion. Some threads I understand why they are locked, for example ones which really have nothing to do with cricket anymore and just flog things there, but others get locked because someone wanders slightly off the path for 1 or 2 messages.

Everybody goes off track some times, and everyone will eventually find their way back onto the track. My point being, people may wander off the beat and track and the point of the thread for a few days, but they'll get back on pretty quickly in the vast majority of cases.   

Most threads that are locked don't really bother anyone else, usually everyone who takes part in a particular thread is having a good time, but by locking it they feel as though they've had their happiness taken away from them and thus feel tentitive about writing any more posts in case they're struck down by the mighty hand of the moderator.

In conclusion, I feel you should have a bit more leniency when closing a thread, but I have very few doubts that this ultimately, as stated in the three paragraphs preceding this one, will be locked. Furthermore, there will always be a person who can guide the topic back on track; people forget where they are sometimes and blabber before they realise what they've done, and then discover the thing's been closed.

As a mere survey done on29/9/06 on the 1st page of this section, 71.42% of topics were COLSED. Is my point proven?

This is not an argument; this is a heartfelt piece and I ask you to consider what is incorporated in it before, I presume, it is locked... 

You are perfectly fit to assume a mod's role then!

Just kidding. Seriously mods are doing a pretty good job to keep the CW forums intact and to the point, otherwise these forums would look like a living hell with blood all around.

And please get rid of that pathtic thing on the new spin delivery. Slidra and Quadra crap.

I have an idea....

instead of closing threads, when they get no replies for like 2 months,put them at the top of the list. noone replies to old ones because they are hard to find , so by putting them back at the top of the list, they will get noticed!

just a little idea

well I went to bed at about midnight and came back on at about 8 in the morning, so yeah. its school holidays so I am making the most of it

thanks for calling me a good poster

I have actually been a member since january but I completely forgot about it and I was on 30 posts, now I am on 130!

you have 2334 posts! thats like 10 a day!

you should be a moderator when you have 3000 because they must be good.

I posted 100 yesterday because I ha so much to get off my chest!

do you actually want to be a mod?