Many full moons ago there was an icon with a padlock on it displayed in the main forum list, but there seemed no point to it, except as a distraction.
It's displayed when viewing the topic, which seemed to make more sense. If you're viewing a topic which is locked (rare) it displays it there, instead of the 'Reply' button.
Hope that helps. Enjoy..
p.s. Been quite a while since we've banned anybody .. been great. Are you volunteering?
