The allure of locked threads

[kirinke]

I did worse--I stickied it. And since we all know that noone ever reads a stickied thread of any type, it was even worse than consigning it to locked thread status.

Evil, evil moddie! Bad! No cookie for you. Not even a sandie!

 

[Cheiromancer]

I've toyed with the idea of compiling a list of links to locked threads, maybe sorted into categories. But it always seems like too much work.

 

[Dog Moon]

I've toyed with the idea of compiling a list of links to locked threads, maybe sorted into categories. But it always seems like too much work.

Depends. Is there any way to Search for locked threads?

 

[DaveStebbins]

What I like is the irony that this thread started with Cheiromancer confessing a guilty pleasure to the rest of us.

-Dave

 

[Dog Moon]

Next subject: The allure of dead threads.

 

[Cheiromancer]

Is there any way to Search for locked threads?

Not that I know of. I was just going to go through the pages in reverse order, keeping an eye out for the little "locked" icons on the left column. Keep a text file open to copy-paste thread titles into (along with the shortcuts). Edit the file so that I could post it in the [ url = thread address ] Thread Name [ /url] format. Etc..

But, besides being a lot of work, I thought it might be a bit disrespectful to the powers that be. One of the reasons for locking a thread would be to make it slide into oblivion. Making a list would flout that purpose. But it's not like the threads were deleted- they are still accessible to anyone who wants to go back enough pages. And seeing what kind of threads get locked might have an educational (as well as an entertainment) value. Dunno.

What I like is the irony that this thread started with Cheiromancer confessing a guilty pleasure to the rest of us.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Edit the file so that I could post it in the [ url = thread address ] Thread Name [ /url] format. Etc..

For what it's worth, you can use fewer characters using the [thread=98765]Thread Name[/thread] tags, rather than [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=98765]Thread Name[/url].

-Hyp.

 

[Jdvn1]

For what it's worth, you can use fewer characters using the [thread=98765]Thread Name[/thread] tags, rather than [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=98765]Thread Name[/url].

-Hyp.

I saw someone do this about a month ago and I was in awe! I thought I was proficient in this codestuff!

 

[Cheiromancer]

How do you know what the thread number is? What is the number of this thread, for instance?

 

[Dog Moon]

How do you know what the thread number is? What is the number of this thread, for instance?

If you were to copy/paste the link of this thread somewhere, it would be http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=145242
The number is at the very end: 145242.