I'm afraid everything over 150 posts will have to bite the padlock as a precautionary measure for now. Charles is investigating how to remove the ant's nest, so to speak. God Bless Charles.
Feel free to open a "continuation of" thread for everything I lock, which'll be only the newish threads. Please don't go dragging up the 150-posts-plus threads from ages past that I won't be locking. And as a special note for Jeff, please don't go dragging up the 150-posts-plus threads from ages past that I won't be locking.
Anyway, I hope this explains the appearance of the padlocks. Moderator Out.