I have just noticed this thread therefore am only replying now after I noticed my name is mentioned.
I cannot recall when I last created a thread and locked it, therefore this is not a systematic pattern of conduct on my part and my name should not be attributed to those that might/are doing this type of conduct on a regular basis (including if they are known trolls).
The thread I created was not locked immediately, to my knowledge it was locked several hours later and at that point there were no replies were made but I decided to lock it however I copied the content of that post in another post in a different thread and even linked the post in the locked thread which was already part of the discussion.
Maybe I reacted and turned the tables on that narcissist because he created several threads asking for members to exclude
someone else and it was he that received a lot of exclusions. We are human after all, infallibility is something we cannot possess.
And no, there should not be a rule in the Reputation board or anywhere else in the forum where creating and locking a thread is prohibited. Each thread that has been created and locked immediately (or even later if no replies were made) should be assessed on an individual basis and members can come to their own conclusions.
Here are a few examples. It might be ok at times I suppose, but really comes off as kind of cowardly to not allow someone to defend themselves doesn't it.
As for creating a thread and it being automatically considered
cowardly by virtue of not allowing someone to defend themselves, that also is a matter of perspective and also should be based on the context of the locked thread. On that thinking, yes it is acceptable sometimes depending on the situation.