Editing Freeze moderation tool

This tool is meant to be used by moderation to put a thread on hold for a short period.
: Is this a [[couchsurfing]] feature?

== Conditions of use ==

It sometimes happen when a discussion is taking place between many people that two of them are at the computer at the same time for a long time. If they are challenging each other, it is very likely that the discussion will turn into a conversation between the two, leaving behind all other participants.

For the sake of the quality of the argument, the "freeze tool" allows a moderator that is witnessing this event to put the discussion on hold for a time, in order for other people to be able to log on and read it and reply.

It also can be used to defuse an discussion that is turning into an argument.

== Description of the tool ==

A moderator must come to this place and copy-paste the content of the paragraph "The tool" and post it into the thread he means to freeze (editing the date). He is free to write additional content.

== The tool ==

Freeze!

This thread is hereby frozen from any post for 2 days. Group members are free to post again from DATE.

If you do post before that, you will be automatically removed from the group for 5 days.

The description of this moderation tool can be found <a href="http://couchwiki.org/en/Freeze_moderation_tool">there</a>.

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