Why are there so many locked threads on LBN ??

[kentuck]

I counted 17 locked threads.

[Cetacea]

1. Odd.

[Solly Mack]

2. I usually open the thread, follow the link - if posted - and that leads to where

the thread went...if combined/duplicate...if moved, either not late breaking news or an editorial or considered GD or other forum material.

Perhaps the above accounts for the locked threads? (because people don't check for duplicates? - not everything is late breaking news even if it is new news? editorials have always been moved...)

I don't know :)

[Cetacea]

4. Good points.

[trotsky]

5. You are 100% correct.

Most of the time it's usually a dupe, not LBN, or not a valid source.

There are also "nit-picky" reasons, like not quoting the *exact* article title in the Subject line.

It all helps keep LBN clean and informative.

[elocs]

6. If all dupe threads were locked here, half of DU threads would disappear,

but LBN is different. Apparently there the "Good Citizens Check For Duplicates" is actually enforced.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Most are stale stories, past their shelf-life nt