# Double locked topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [August 30, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712 "2015-08-30T18:44:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![johnmuhl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johnmuhl/32/43413_2.png) [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/1 "2015-08-30T18:44:34Z")

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It looks like archived and closed topics are double locked. Should archived have a different icon?

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/1/918a23960ead68a0dac7efa100d618c8b153367d.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/2 "2015-08-30T19:26:18Z")

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I believe it used to, as I recall @sam changed archive from the folder to the lock icon, but I might be mistaken. At any rate, rare combination of states so probably not a major concern at the moment.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/3 "2015-08-31T00:58:16Z")

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The change was made in

> **[FEATURE: lock icon for archived topics · discourse/discourse@668a5ff](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/668a5ff5)**
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> remove model sniffing hack

😄

I find that having a double lock icon is confusing too :pokerface:

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/4 "2015-08-31T01:00:04Z")

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Probably would be fine to have both states combine to a single lock, but again, this is so incredibly rare that it just doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/5 "2015-08-31T01:01:00Z")

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AFAIK we were getting very tired of explaining the difference between locked and archived. Agree we should just combine for the rare cases and handle an explenation in the tooltip.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/6 "2015-08-31T01:25:45Z")

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Done 😄

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/3712](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/3712)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-locked-topic/32712/7 "2016-04-19T23:31:35Z")

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My dreams of finally achieving a triple lock have died..