RE: Automatically lock "old" threads?
I honestly don't think there's a big need for this. Actually, I think it'd be detrimental to the forum. Let's say a newbie actually SEARCHES before posting a new thread, and they have a question regarding the subject?
Now how many newbies have used the search function before asking a question?
Now you want to make them start a new thread, in which older members will post 800 times "do a search"??