# Can I effectively make a topic read-only?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-effectively-make-a-topic-read-only/41582>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [25. März 2016 um 22:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-effectively-make-a-topic-read-only/41582 "2016-03-25T22:49:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [25. März 2016 um 22:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-effectively-make-a-topic-read-only/41582/2 "2016-03-25T22:50:46Z")

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Close them? The Reply as Linked Topic will still work, or you can customize the close message to point them to the Discussion topic.

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