We’ll pick up the convo in this thread.
First of all, you’re wrong, as always, ■■■■■■■ miner… ;–) If I had to guess, I would imagine the most likely use case for this power is that users will “clean up” locked threads with retroactive self-moderation. I highly doubt it will be used to allow for indirect continuation of discussion or for having the last word on items, though I don’t consider the latter point to be too terrible simply because it provides ‘clarity’ in one’s final position if nothing else.
IIRC the OP of a locked thread could not edit the thread (and I know for a fact they cannot delete the thread, but could flag it for moderation if they wanted to ask for it to be deleted, though that request might not be honored). Given that OP could not delete their own locked thread, it is likely that edit and/or delete restrictions did - or do now after messing with the levels - exist for lower trust levels.
What do you mean???