maybe its just me but when I see a locked thread I have to open the last page and see all the drama that brought on the lock. sometimes it can be helpful to sort out the good posters from the "deep end" posters and keep the names handy when you get replies to questions, helps me filter the advice down the road.
you can always tell the better sites because the moderators do a good job of stopping the pissing matches, keep up the thankless job moderators and I don't envy you one bit.