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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#1: Sep 15th 2011 at 11:37:19 AM

As shima has pointed out to me twice now, crowners don't lock when the thread they're hooked to is locked, which could conceiveably cause a problem with someone trying to scam votes. Can the system be changed so that locking a thread auto-locks its crowner?

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#2: Sep 15th 2011 at 11:40:52 AM

It would be a useful feature.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Sep 15th 2011 at 1:10:19 PM

Except that means if a thread is accidentally (or prematurely) locked, the crowner is too. And crowners can't be unlocked without Eddie fiddling with them on the back end.

edited 15th Sep '11 1:31:31 PM by Madrugada

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#4: Sep 15th 2011 at 1:18:22 PM

Good point. I forgot about that.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#6: Sep 15th 2011 at 6:25:20 PM

Add a check mark.

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#7: Sep 15th 2011 at 6:46:09 PM

^ Second that: Make it an option on the Lock button itself. Lock both when you need to, or just one when you don't.

edited 15th Sep '11 6:46:35 PM by Stratadrake

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Sep 15th 2011 at 7:07:03 PM

I have no idea how difficult that would be to code.

Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#9: Sep 15th 2011 at 7:41:19 PM

I can only guess, but I'd rank it as a "not very". The functions for locking a topic and locking a crowner are already defined, so it's conceptually simple to do both in a single client request. Now if the existing lock-topic button brings up a confirmation form instead of simply locking it NQA, adding an extra option onto the form is just an HTML checkbox that the server can detect easily and act appropriately on.

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