Hi! you have been given two replies, both of them true but just a bit
incomplete (I think :)
Regarding the edit button: the first post on each thread can not be edited by
its poster because of a limitation of the forum software and its integration
with mailing lists. Since it can be done by an administrator, you can ask
(me, for instance) for any change (i.e. typos, bad titles, etc.) and we'll
help with that.
Regarding the threads being locked, that's a common design decision which
affects all threads (without any relation to their topics) after a given time
without activity. It's better for the organization of the forum and avoids
"necroposting", which usually results in less replies that with a new post.
Once again, when it's needed for some reason, an administrator can revert
this auto-lock.
We've locked a couple of threads for content reasons, but it's a really
uncommon practice at this forum :)
