Self Moderation..> 

..Great idea, dont know if it can be chosen of a list, but maybe a plugin for the forum..?

If that means me Craig I don't want more power or I would have accepted the offer of becoming a mod.

However, I would have welcomed the ability to lock one of my own threads (or delete it completely) a couple of days ago. As it was my thread I can't see any objection to that but I doubt it would be possible.

PS. It's none of my business but I think it would be a nice idea for the person locking a thread to give the reason for it before doing so. This sometimes happens but very rarely in my experience which I find very frustrating. Mind you, fortunately not many threads need to be locked.

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Please anything but that! I won't forget last times game.

As Doug said, it is very frustrating on forums when people lock threads just because they have decided they don't like where it has gone. It is a bit like sitting in a room full of people and then when one feels one has had enough, saying SHUT UP! and proceeding to kick everyone out. I think I prefer the mods at the lock button. 8)

As a general rule though most suggestion in this forum are impossible to carry out or just take too much time. 

Yeah, I had a feeling it was either impossible, or would be to much work. You never know if you don't ask, though.

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Like:  this one

Yep, that one!

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you mean like you and some of your replys which contain one word and a bunch of smilies 

LOL I remember that thread. Unfortunately if you keep going back on that thread you only end up at:

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Jon

ben's got a point there, that would certainly ruin the sef-mod ability (if it were to exist)

i like the idea, but people would do stuff like that.

Ramos

It's human nature. I wouldn't and I don't think anyone would post stuff like XXX  sucks and XXX is rubbish etc, but I do think people would post controversial things which naturally provoke folk and if they can't reply to the original thread they may reply by starting and locking their own post.
If I posted a post at why I though Tony Blair has made a brilliant job of being Prime Minister, loads of folk would be annoyed and would think him a criminal. If I posted he should be removed from office because of the Iraq war or that he is abusing his position and robbing people in tax - people would defend him to death. Seeing as half of people here are American, US politics (which is a very volatile and disagreeable subject! ) would be even worse. It also doesn't matter how tactful you are (you either love politicans, you hate them or you are not interested in them) there will always be someone that will be upset. 

It is simply only because of human nature that the no-politics, no-religion rule exists. It isn't because of the subject itself that it is not allowed.

See what I mean?

But then if people were that good you wouldn't need the locking at all! People could discuss politics/religion as normal as anything else.