The OP question reminds me of a variety of topics newbies discover about the dangers of plagiarism, or how to rank up. Having created a topic, they no longer read it and subsequently do not follow the advice.
OP, you were already on the forum today, and do you think all the answers that appeared in this thread are not informative enough for you? Or do you observe communication between users about the time when it is necessary to close the topic?
Or maybe something else? What would you like to hear?
Okay, let's ask a few more people to write the same thing. Or maybe this topic will remain in the history of the forum as absolutely useful content.
And the right time to lock this topic is now!!!!, practically you've gotten all the desired answer to your question. All I see now is word spinning.
If you meant this as an example, then you are correct, but no right time to lock a thread, it depends on the topic author's choice. Although, admin or any moderator can decide to lock any topic at any time if it will only result to repetition and spamming.
Charles, when, according to your time, will the time come for the topic to be closed? Just wondering what could be new here?