Fossil

Note that closing a post is effectively an "advisory lock" and may be
bypassed. Any user, admin or otherwise, who can push changes to a
repository may bypass closure of a post by setting the appropriate
artifact tags on a local copy and pushing those changes to a remote
copy of the forum.

Closing may be achieved in two ways:

  *  When a given post is selected in the web interface, a "Close" or
     "Re-open" button will appear under the post if the user has
     permissions to perform that operation.
  *  A Close option is added at the bottom of the Edit page, permissions
     permitting.
The option to close a post, permissions permitting, appears as a
"Close" button on the currently-selected post. If the selected post is
alread closed, a "Re-open" button will be shown instead. In order to
re-open a post, <em>the closed post itself</em> must be
selected. Selecting a response to that post, which is implicitly
closed by the closure of its parent, will <em>not</em> offer a re-open
option.

Though forum users are permitted to delete their own posts, they are
not permitted, without appropriate permissions, to close their own
posts. This is intentional, as closing one's own post can be used to
antagonize other forum-goers. For example, by posting something
antagonize other forum users. For example, by posting something
trollish or highly contraversial in nature and closing the post to
further responses.