Oh I just had a thought. Wouldn't be easier to handle, and a lot more cleaner, if a thread had a post limit. Like say 100 posts and then you would lock it, and make a new one but like a #2 (EG. - Vanessa Carlton news! #2) . And so on. On other boards I am on, and admin/mod on it makes it look a lot better IMO, and it isn't hard to do or anything, as I am sure all you mods know
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EDIT: Also, to make it easier, if you did go with this idea that is, make a page hold 10 posts each, so, that on the dot of the last post of a 20th page, it would be the end and you would need to lock. This should be pretty easy with the admin panel to make it like that,
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