Punki claimed:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">To my knowledge, this method of moderation has not been exercised on FT. Of course, it is entirely possible that it has been implemented so successfully that it was invisible, and if that is the case, I heartily congratulate the Moderators for their very skillful work. Unfortunately, the only Moderation method I have observed on FT is the locking down or removing of entire threads, which IMHO, places too much power into the hands of the disruptive posters.</font>
Absolutely not true.
Both
Craig6z and
cblaisd, for example, manage to moderate many threads at the UA forum without locking them down. They post short reminders to stay on topic; it often works.