Please remove the option to close own threads.

[Raksha]

"I have yet to see a single thread closed by the OP which I think deserved it."

Bold: where your argument is flawed.

Yeah well unless you have some objective criteria with which to judge whether or not a thread should be closed, then we are basically arguing our opinions.

[Greatguardian]

I did rename it, but the change did not affect what is displayed on the topic list.

I apologize for your inconvenience Greatguardian.

*future SE rep* (but no really, sorry, man)

Well that makes more sense. D'oh.

[Raxiaz]

It is a matter of opinion. The thread creator can close their own topics if they feel it won't be beneficial to anyone to continue the thread in the context of the topic.

I have my own criteria for closing my topics:

1. Has it been responded to by a representative in a positive or negative manner?
2. Is the thread generating any meaningful discussion?

If 2 is always true, I will never close my topics. There is nothing meaningful in "you're so lazy you won't buy a warp cudgel." The same holds true for "you can't do basic math." I don't care what supporting details there are for those statements - they're still meaningless and hold nothing of value to me or anyone else short of the poster's own e-peen. Thus the topic gets closed - and if someone wants to continue it elsewhere, that's perfectly fine with me.

[Karbuncle]

The fact people so adamantly deny wanting to lose the power to close threads, something that should have remained a moderator/Rep/GM power to begin with, is just proof of how power hungry people get when they get a taste of it.

I reiterate my original point, Posters are not neutral, they are biased, if a thread they create doesn't go like they want it, they can lock it, even if other posters were right in the middle of a interesting debate. Sometimes people debate things that can actually lead to decent information, but now unless you keep it directly on the OPs topic 9/10 You're getting a thread-lock and a smart-a** comment by some arrogant fool who thinks he's gods hand because he can close a thread.

Its too much power for the average poster. Rather you want to come out of your whole and accept it or not, When you create a thread on any internet forum, You have basically just signed an agreement to accept any positives and negatives that come with making a thread, this is of course withing the extent the rules of the forum dictate.

If something is truly in need of closing, a GM Will do it. Plain and simple, Look around, they do it all the time. This power needs to be removed. It leaves room for absolutely nothing but petty abuse of the system.

While obviously very subjective, I have yet to see one single positive example of why someone closing their own thread should remain. Every time i see a locked thread its either a GM (as it should be) or some OP Who didn't like where the topic was going (Rather it was meaningful discussion or not) and closed it.

It should not be up to players to decide when to lock a thread, Again, They are not neutral, they are biased. GMS/Reps/Mods/etc are pretty much bound by rules and paid to be neutral. It should be their duty. Look at many of the threads started by an OP who doesn't Rage-Lock a thread at the first sign of disagreeance or deviation from the OP.

Ones that go on for multiple pages. Chances our the Conversation has deviated from the OP in some areas, and some areas the conversations get a little heated, but all in all, good information eventually surfaces, and theres something to learn from it, because sometimes heated debate is where some of the better information comes from.

Would i agree that being civil all the time would be better? Hell yes, But you can't expect that of humans anymore than you can expect the earth to stop spinning, and sadly your basic poster does not seem to understand that.

If the discussion got too "heated" again, GMs, Report button. It works.

[Ravenmore]

Everytime some one closes a thread should start another one with thier last response as the opener. Couple people are already doing this.

I was in the middle of the lastest relic/emp when it got to mystics and got lock.

[Runespider]

Most people don't see a problem withthis forum feature, some do. Hmm reminiscent of another thread..

Anyway Square obviously see value in it no matter what anyone else says, I doubt they will change it so learn to live with it or don't post anymore? :P

I do think they should be dealing with people abusing it though.

[Raxiaz]

Opinion, opinion, opinion - can you give me one real fact why people shouldn't be able to close their own threads? All I'm hearing is "Wahh, wahh, wahh, I can't put my opinion on teh intarwebz."

[Khiinroye]

People can also reopen threads that the GMs have closed for being offtopic or flamefests.

[Korpg]

Opinion, opinion, opinion - can you give me one real fact why people shouldn't be able to close their own threads? All I'm hearing is "Wahh, wahh, wahh, I can't put my opinion on teh intarwebz."

Because I can just reopen any thread that is closed as my own and even quote the first closed thread in both original topic and first post?

That is one real fact why people shouldn't have the option of closing threads, it causes clutter in the forum, because I'll just reopen it under my name.

[Raxiaz]

That's when the delete button comes in handy.