I actually dont know why it isnt like this already, but, when your topic gets closed, you can see the reason, and list to rules, etc, but nobody else can.

However it seems kind of pointless to me to not let others see the reason the thread is closed as well, this would allow newer members to familiarize with the rules quicker,
or perhaps pick up a clearer understanding of the rules in general for newer members.

Suggesting that the reason threads are closed, be viewable to everyone, not just the owner of the thread.

Add a poll to this..

[x] Yes

yes
i also got the first vote
i guess sn0men lied

yes

Intelligent idea, yes.

Makes perfect sense.

Yes.

Yes. I see no reason why not, and it can help new users.

problem is that often what is dislayed when a topic is closed isn't even the right reason
it's just whatever the person reporting the thread put
and you often see people posting in GH that their topic got closed for X reason when they didn't do X
but then it turns out theres a different thing that would make it closeable but they still don't care because they feel it should be reopened
this might just aggravate that problem and cause more work for the mods who would now have to manually check to see if the closing reason reported matches what they saw

edit: not going to vote tho since this might be nice

This post was edited by jbpellerin on Dec 27 2008 03:39pm

Yes, it will help everyone learn from mistakes that way.