Questions tagged [locked-posts]
For questions regarding the block that diamond moderators can place on questions that prevents standard users taking certain actions on the thread.The blocked actions are listed in the wiki here. Where the lock is specifically for historical reasons apply tag [historical-lock] instead.
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Inconsistent explanation and kinds of locked post
The question linked from corresponding meta discussion Locked post says contributors should edit, but suggesting edits is disabled for both the question and its answers has edit links for both the ...
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Why does this locked question have a banner "Want to improve this post?"
The question is "Find all files containing a specific text (string) on Linux"
At the top there's a banner
Want to improve this post? Provide detailed answers to this question, including ...
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How to add novel information to a community-effort/locked post
How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript? has a community effort lock on it, preventing any new answers from being added. I can see why this probably happened, as it seems to ...
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Can mods please unlock this post about problems with localhost due to recent Windows update?
Starting today, my Windows app didn't work anymore, throwing an exception as stated in this question, whose duplicate closure ultimately led me to another, locked question. There is an answer that ...
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Why is this spam question locked (and visible)? [duplicate]
Browsing newest questions in C++ tag, there's this one from 40 minutes ago:
spam nonsense please delete this
It's clearly an advertisement, but instead of normal deleting after reaching enough spam ...
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Why certain locked and closed questions have no upvote/downvote buttons as well as any answer? [duplicate]
I just found this topic and it catches my eyes by a different look. Because there are no voting buttons.
So I search for other closed and locked posts and it seems some of them don't have voting ...
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No FFmpeg on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
This question shouldn't be locked, ffmpeg is a tool primarily used by programmers. I'm pretty sure a new mod did this (one unfamiliar with the land programming bash scripts). It was open for 9 years ...
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A question that is not seeking recommendations (but which has attracted many) is locked and closed. Higher-value answers now stuck below 4th place
How can I test what my readme.md file will look like before committing to GitHub? is locked and closed by a mod as "seeking recommendations". The question itself does not ask for ...
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Editing a locked answer gives the wrong error message [duplicate]
I tried to edit this locked answer and got an error:
There are too many pending edits on Stack Overflow. Please try again later.
However, that seems to be the wrong error, even if it is a true ...
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"There are too many pending edits" on a locked post [duplicate]
I tried to edit this question to remove the "best way" phrasing to make it less opinion-based, but when I try to do so I got this error:
There are too many pending edits on Stack Overflow. ...
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Who can modify a locked post for me? I found an invalid URL that needs to be updated
The question is this: Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide
There is a link to Git guide, but that does not work.
It should be Git guide (without underscore)
I have sufficient reputation ...
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Why is the vote count off-center for locked questions?
I was reading through a locked question when I noticed that the vote count (actually, the votes text) is off-center:
Why is this off-center?
Same problem for the answers:
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A locked question is marked as a duplicate of an inferior canonical, under the old system
The question Python math is wrong has been locked, apparently after warring over whether to delete it after being marked as a duplicate.
I agree that it is a fine signpost and should not be deleted. ...
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Trying to edit old merged post gives false error about the edit queue [duplicate]
I had it in mind to go through old Python questions that were closed under the old duplicate system to re-close them under the new system.
I found that a few rare old questions deemed "exact"...
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Why was this question temporarily locked?
Regarding reset variable in recursive method back to zero after its done/before its called again?
After a few comments and one answer, this question was temporarily locked because of disputes about ...
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