What triggers thread locking?

Just wondering what the rationale behind thread locking is...? Is there a technical reason why threads get locked once they reach a certain size? Do the mods have their own internal set of guidelines for determining when a thread will get locked?

The reason I ask is that "thehbfactor"'s picture thread recently got locked by bachiotomy: the thread was active, seemed very popular and appeared to be generally pretty well-behaved, so I assume the reason it got locked was size (around 120 posts).

Just to make it clear - I'm not criticizing the fact that the thread was locked - not at all. I'm just curious to know what the conditions for a thread getting locked are.

(I had a look through the rules and the feedback section to see if I could find an answer to this, but if it's there, I missed it - sorry for wasting peoples' time if that's the case)

I may be wrong, but at one stage they used to close threads that reached 50 posts, seems now that its moved to 100 posts. So they let HB's thread go on for longer than normal.

Its no big deal though... Just as easy to start a new thread and post in there.

Mostly threads get locked when they get too long or go offtopic.. or go nowhere.

Diz's head is hypnotic

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Mostly threads get locked when they get too long or go offtopic.. or go nowhere.

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Originally posted by Watty

Diz's head is hypnotic

yeah and he has side burns in his refelection in the mirror

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Originally posted by TickLer

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Diz's head is hypnotic

yeah and he has side burns in his refelection in the mirror
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Mirror? What mirror?

the one next to dizzy's head !!

ROFL

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Originally posted by Jason

the one next to dizzy's head !!

and someone woke Jason up

and let him out of the straight jacket for a bit?

Oh, THAT mirror. O...ok. =P

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Originally posted by ElFilipo

Oh, THAT mirror. O...ok. =P

Read this thread and the mirror joke will become clear.

http://www.whatboyswant.com/forum_read/1679124/

Thx Dagnabbit. =)
Good old WBW users - 2 pages on-, 6 off-topic and it all ends with a pic rewquest. =P

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Originally posted by Watty

Diz's head is hypnotic

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Originally posted by Beta671

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Diz's head is hypnotic

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Wait till my next avatar

...so u thought WBW was a democracy?

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Originally posted by marinaisback

...so u thought WBW was a democracy?

Mostly is, but there are rules layed out by me and senja that must be followed to keep it a peacefull place.

:: is the puppet master, the one really controlling WBW ::

LOCKED!