What does a locked question mean?

What doe sit mean when they say 'this question is locked'?

It means the question was either inappropriate, against the rules, cheating on homework, or whatever. Pretty much, anyone asking that question shouldn't be, or it shouldn't be answered. So they lock it to protect our little virgin minds...

Means others aren't. Like now

means that you can no longer reply

Hi ya,
This would have quite rightly been locked by an advisor as you asked how to get around blocked websites on your school server.

This question is not permitted on here as your school choses to block these sites for a reason regardless or not if you agree with them or not.

Your school would maybe claim that you are at school to learn and not to use their facilities to access sites that they have deemed innapropriate for you to access while you are on their premises.

It means the question can no longer be answered because of a violation. It could be against the terms of use, or just very inappropriate.

Means the question went against the terms of use policy:
1) Anything related to suicide will be deleted.
2) Any commercial solicitation will be deleted.
3) Anything related to hurtful behavior may be deleted, in our sole discretion, if the person who signs up seems to persist in trying to harm themselves.
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5) Anything related to acquiring bots or macros to generate online currency will be deleted.
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8) If you copy and paste your homework, verbatim, we will delete your question. However, help with homework is fine, just copying and pasting homework questions are not ok. A FunAdvice Advisor may delete your question if all you're looking for is the answer to the question, and not help understanding the question.
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they don't lock them to protect our virgin minds, just their own. I sometimes wonder if its an ego thing.

They are locked when they break the terms of use or are likely to encourage or attract replies that break the terms of use.

Members agree to the terms of use when they join the site. Basically, if you are not willing to abide by these terms then no one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to join.

The reason why this site is not overun by idiots is mainly due to a bunch of volunteers who monitor the site.

Please remember that although one has to be 13 to be a member, anyone of any age is able to view the questions.

Finally, I fail to see why the monitoring of the site ensuring that the terms of use are met has anything to do with egos? It sounds as if you have a personal grievance because you have had questions locked or deleted in the past for very valid reasons.