Just a suggestion...users lock threads in the classifieds

[AppleSeeds]

On another forum I'm on regular users can lock their own for sale or wtb threads so that way people know the item is sold or that the person bought what they were looking for rather than just editing everything to say "PLEASE DELETE". It seems pretty well plus also makes it easier to see what things sold for in the past to get an idea of how much to ask for something.

Just an idea...

 

[DukeInFlorida]

What forum (which forum software, and what version?) is that ???

This forum runs on vBulletin, version 4.0.1, as seen at the very bottom of your screen.

Check your other forum, and tell us what software that one is running on.

 

[AppleSeeds]

The other forum is also vBulletin although it is a slightly older version: 3.6.12

This page discusses discusses more:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/vb2_manual_cp_modformperms

From this screen, it's possible to set up custom permissions for each user group on a forum-by-forum basis. In addition, you can see at a glance which forums have already had custom permissions enabled, as per the key at the top of the screen. In this case, we can see that the Registered user group has been configured with customised permissions for the Announcements Discussions forum.

Can open / close own threads - select yes to allow a user in this group to open/close threads that he/she started.