# A (user-voted but locked and mod-edited) forum for "Hall of Fame" threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023 "2013-12-10T22:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/21 "2013-12-29T12:57:08Z")
Also, would we just allow threads that are (seen by many as) great threads in and of themselves, or would we also include a few threads that are fascinating because they happen to capture some important historical moment (e.g, Sept. 11, 2001)? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/22 "2013-12-29T15:11:27Z")
What about the ‘Would you shoot and kill your kid in this situation’ thread, that’s got to be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/23 "2013-12-29T19:32:37Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > What about the ‘Would you shoot and kill your kid in this situation’ thread, that’s got to be in the running. That thread would definitely NOT get _ **my** _ vote for inclusion into a SDMB HoF. (Just too damn creepy, IMHO. YMMV) ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/24 "2013-12-29T19:43:24Z")
ETA: A seemingly good idea, at first thought, but as others have posited, it would likely become a contentious subject, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/25 "2013-12-29T20:31:13Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I’d say that threats started by banned users should be eligible, . . . Threats started by banned users are probably why they are banned. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/26 "2013-12-29T20:35:22Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > There’s already a hall of fame. It’s called the Threadspotting archive. > > [http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/](http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/) This. We need no more. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/27 "2013-12-29T21:15:06Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > That thread would definitely NOT get _ **my** _ vote for inclusion into a SDMB HoF. (Just too damn creepy, IMHO. YMMV) Have you actually read that thread? IMO, it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/28 "2013-12-30T04:14:02Z")
your kid doesn’t think it’s so funny. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-user-voted-but-locked-and-mod-edited-forum-for-hall-of-fame-threads/676023/29 "2013-12-31T03:39:07Z")
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