I know sometimes mods lock threads at their own discression, especially at boards where they are a local moderator. At least when s thread gets moved there's some forum notice being posted. But for locking a topic there's nothing to signify it was a moderator action.
I just think it would be a nice courtesy if mods would just add a post before locking a topic to justify why they felt it should be locked. It's good to put this info on the record for future reference. And also from what I understand, since the OP can unlock a topic locked by a mod, a post by the staff member that took the action would prevent misunderstandings.
It depends actually but I guess for due process and fairness, it would be most appreciated if mods would actually message you personally the reason on why your thread got locked.
Similar to our comments when it gets deleted, we receive a personal message (although from a bot) the reason on why it was deleted either to being spam or being out-of-topic on the said discussion. If mods were to at least apply this kind of practice to some locked threads, then it would be again, most appreciated by us.
On the other hand, I would also argue against this especially if the reason for the thread being locked has a
patent nullity on its face- meaning it is obvious on why it was locked in the first place. The reasons may include due to:
- Topic is irrelevant to the board where it was posted;
- Thread was already answered in a previously-created thread; or
- The discussion was primarily created as a spam which includes nonsensical replies from the OP.