# Discourse Moderation Guide - Part 1: Getting Started

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide-part-1-getting-started/63116
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** moderation, explanation
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide-part-1-getting-started/63116 "2017-05-22T06:32:02Z")
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### Author: ![Gabby\_McCone\_She\_Her](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gabby_mccone_she_her/32/327178_2.png) [@Gabby\_McCone\_She\_Her](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gabby_McCone_She_Her)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide-part-1-getting-started/63116/103 "2026-06-25T22:10:55Z")

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Thank you for sharing this, @fsasaki and @MarkDoerr! I actually don’t see anything in here about locking threads vs archiving [at least in the moderation guide], is that located elsewhere?

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