Possible to know who locked thread? Mod/Author?

[Little Mouse]

I was looking for one of my threads and found that was locked. It seems like I myself have locked the thread, actually I can't remember. However, there's no way anyone can know who locked the thread without the author. Is it possible to know, missing anything?
Wouldn’t it be good if we had the stats who locked the thread? I can't see it anywhere for now.

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[mprep]

If it's your thread, try unlocking it. If it doesn't allow you then a mod or an admin locked it. If it isn't yours, then AFAIK there is no way to tell (without obviously asking the author to try and unlock it). Not sure whether that's intentional or just how SMF 1.x works.

[Upgrade00]

The OP should be able to confirm who locked it by checking whether or not they can unlock it. If it was locked by a mod, then you should not be able to 'unlock' it, AFAIK.
I can see some use for other users to know who locked a thread, especially if you want to report it to be locked. Some scammers posts a scam thread, lock it so no one replies calling them out, and unlocks it when they want to bump it.

[UserU]

Perhaps try asking the mods from that particular subforum? They should have the info on who locked it.

[Charles-Tim]

Absolutely, a locked thread can easily be unlocked by the user that locked it, but if it is moderator or admin that locked it, the thread creator can not unlock it.

You can't unlock it? Then, moderator or Admin locked it.

If you think you have a good reason for it to be unlocked, you can post about it on meta board for moderator to unlock it for you. Some users had tried this before and moderator unlock it.

[GeorgeJohn]

Their is no two ways to look for who lock a thread, if an author of thread is not in position or responsible to lock he or her thread. it's obvious that the thread is been locked by the moderator of the section or admin, if you lock your thread unknowingly that means you have the ability to unlocked the thread without difficulties, but if mod lock your thread their is every tendency that an author don't have access to penetrate via unlocking it. I think the best to do is to solicit for moderator to unlock it if you wishes.

[_BlackStar]

If you think you have a good reason for it to be unlocked, you can post about it on meta board for moderator to unlock it for you. Some users had tried this before and moderator unlock it.

If I were the OP, then I'd rather PM one of the moderators to unlock the thread and tell them why it's unlock it with good reason. That's much more correct in my opinion compared to creating a request thread to unlock a thread that has been locked by a moderator.

Wouldn’t it be good if we had the stats who locked the thread? I can't see it anywhere for now.

I don't think every moderator's actions should be accompanied by evidence like when they edit and merge multiple posts in a row or move a thread to another board. You can't expect proof of who locked thread if it wasn't yours or if the OP didn't tell you about his actions.

[electronicash]

i have the same story but i guess the mod prevented more spam to the thread especially if its in the gambling forum. more replies will be posted telling the same thing over and over so the mod closed it.

but whats the point of aski g who closes your thread, are you going to shoot the mod?  make sure you could get away. 😀

[Charles-Tim]

If I were the OP, then I'd rather PM one of the moderators to unlock the thread and tell them why it's unlock it with good reason. That's much more correct in my opinion compared to creating a request thread to unlock a thread that has been locked by a moderator.

He is an established member, not a bad idea.

[Little Mouse]

But I'm not looking for how to unlock the thread or why the thread was unlocked. My question here is totally different than you are saying. I'm looking for a way to check who locked a thread. Whether it is locked by moderator or locked by the thread starter/OP themself.

[_BlackStar]

My question here is totally different than you are saying. I'm looking for a way to check who locked a thread. Whether it is locked by moderator or locked by the thread starter/OP themself.

If you understand the point of my post, then you should already know that you won't find out unless you ask the OP or a moderator about who locked the thread. Additionally you also mentioned statistics on thread lock actions by moderators, but so far those statistics are not available. Anyway, mprep has answered your question which should more than suffice, right?

Do you think it is important to have statistics like that?

If it's your thread, try unlocking it. If it doesn't allow you then a mod or an admin locked it. If it isn't yours, then AFAIK there is no way to tell (without obviously asking the author to try and unlock it). Not sure whether that's intentional or just how SMF 1.x works.

[Findingnemo]

But I'm not looking for how to unlock the thread or why the thread was unlocked. My question here is totally different than you are saying. I'm looking for a way to check who locked a thread. Whether it is locked by moderator or locked by the thread starter/OP themself.

You can't find it unless you're the thread creator as mentioned by others. But you can assume by that yourself depends on what kind of thread it is, if it related to a query asked by someone and the answer was found then probably OP itself locked the thread to avoid spamming anymore.

[Coyster]

Wouldn’t it be good if we had the stats who locked the thread? I can't see it anywhere for now.

Not that it wouldn't be good, but it would be somewhat unnecessary since the subject isn't really a complex one and the answer is just one of two options, it's either the thread starter or a moderator that locked the topic; then again I don't really know how many people are actually curious to to know whether it's an OP or a mod that locked a particular topic, not much I suppose, so I don't think a statistic on that is necessary at all.

But you can assume by that yourself depends on what kind of thread it is, if it related to a query asked by someone and the answer was found then probably OP itself locked the thread to avoid spamming anymore.

And then if it's a spam megathread or a redundant topic, then it's most likely a mod. Makes sense.

[Smartvirus]

I was looking for one of my threads and found that was locked. It seems like I myself have locked the thread, actually I can't remember. However, there's no way anyone can know who locked the thread without the author. Is it possible to know, missing anything?
Wouldn’t it be good if we had the stats who locked the thread? I can't see it anywhere for now.

I have locked a thread myself once. Haven't tried unlocking because, it was irrelevant to do so. I take a scenario with ignoring users to offer similar idea to locked threads. Lately, I've ignored quite a few users unknowingly and each time I do come to realise what have been done subconsciously, I unignore and its all good.

I think the same goes for locked threads too. As, you can't unlock what you never locked yourself! When you memory doesn't help you to recall, you just attempt unlocking to see if it's doable and if not, your sure to know its the work of one of the mods. Hope that's it though because, troubling mods over a post could result in some drastic actions. Saw one once with a moving and return of threads between boards with a user and a mod.

Also, I buy the idea of having moderators locked threads identifiable at first glance. Perhaps, it could come with a short notation such as; 'locked by Mod' or perhaps, the padlock should come in a different colour when the lock command is initiated by a mod. All action would be initiated by default to save forum users some trouble.

[ShowOff]

Wouldn’t it be good if we had the stats who locked the thread? I can't see it anywhere for now.

I think this is one of the most important of all the questions you ask. As far as I know, these stats don't exist yet but stats on the number of deleted posts may exist and you will be updated monthly in the meta.

I don't think I've missed anything about the thread locking statistics that the moderators do, if there is one then I'm sure some users have published it here. But there is nothing wrong if you want to propose it to the admin if in the future statistics like this are needed.

[uchegod-21]

Do you think it is important to have statistics like that?

I was reading through to see if OP was understood properly. Sometimes it looked like he was understood but sometime it looks the other way. It was when I saw this question that I was convinced that OP was convinced.
I think having a stat to show if a thread was locked by an author or the mod is important.
To me, if a thread is locked by a moderator at even the first page it will show that the thread is not relevant.
This is different when the OP locks the thread at the first page, we can say that the OP had gotten the answer or the reason he created the post.

[Mpamaegbu]

Some scammers posts a scam thread, lock it so no one replies calling them out, and unlocks it when they want to bump it.

Threads like that don't survive a few days before they're reported to mods and brought down. Despite the unofficially official claim that this forum doesn't moderate scam, users here don't hesitate frowning at scam activities and making sure they're hacked down.