Not really. But I've locked plenty of threads where I got a PM from the offending person, I explained why, and all was good.

The other reason why locking is usually more effective is because in many flamewars, its two or three or more people that all join in. Trying to PM four people to get them all to stop posting in a particular thread is frustrating at best.


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