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Comments on Archive to mark as "resolved", without locking the comment?

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Archive to mark as "resolved", without locking the comment?

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I've recently come across a situation where I thought archiving the comment thread was appropriate: A user suggested an improvement in the thread, and that improvement was then implemented (by me).

Then I realized that archiving actually also locks the thread and prevents anyone from responding further, which is a problem since if there's any further feedback, they would have to make a new thread cross-referencing the old one.

Could the Archive tool be made to not also lock the thread? We already have a lock tool; if I wanted to archive and lock then I would just use both tools.

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Why not just delete the thread? (3 comments)
Why not just delete the thread?
Olin Lathrop‭ wrote over 2 years ago

If someone suggested a change, and that change was made, there is no further use for those comments. They should be deleted.

Moshi‭ wrote over 2 years ago

Well, archiving is there and I feel like this is more or less the idea situation for it. Also, perhaps someone would want to contest the change, and keeping the old thread around can provide more context for why it happened / provide a place to continue discussing the change, if archived and not locked.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 2 years ago

Yeah, when I suggested archiving as an option, the primary use case I had in mind was "support edit history". I need to think more about the primary question here, which is why I haven't responded to that yet.