# Why did these GQ threads get locked?

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**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589 "2006-02-08T20:42:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589/1 "2006-02-08T20:42:14Z")

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I noticed a couple of locked threads on GQ today, and can’t figure out why they got locked. Usually a mod posts a comment explaining it when they do it.

[Grandpa Munster’s age](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357804)

[audio/video cable prices](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278110)

They both look pretty innocuous, what’s up?

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589/2 "2006-02-08T20:45:26Z")

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The second one was a zombie thread. The first one, I would WAG, was either started by a sock (doubtful, as it would have been deleted altogether) or a duplicate of another thread already being discussed.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589/3 "2006-02-08T20:47:18Z")

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The first one was already being discussed in another thread, linked to in the only reply. The second one was an old thread someone bumped. The first one I got no complaint about, but the kneejerk zombie thread locking gets a little silly around here sometimes. _shrug_ Whatchoogonnado?

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589/4 "2006-02-08T21:17:24Z")

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_ **Zombie Thread** _.

Heh. That’s a new one on me.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-these-gq-threads-get-locked/343589/5 "2006-02-09T13:43:56Z")

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Asked and answered, thank you very much.

TubaDiva