Why are topics Locked ?
Topics on Rootschat are locked to stop people replying to them. • Lookup Offers are locked because replies, or Requests should be posted as a new topic. Replies to Lookup Offers on the county Offers boards should be placed in the corresponding county Request board. Replies to Offers in the main Census and Lookup Offers board should be made as a new topic in the Census and Resource Lookup Requests board. The moderators will sometimes lock topics • as the topic has been repeated. Usually a link to the current topic will be added. • as the topic has run over twenty pages and is getting unwieldy. • as the discussion has finished, going round in circles, or is getting acrimonious.