@Kickstart
Regarding the Cammy thread:
I have already explained the reasons for it being unapproved and locked, here it is again:
One of the problems was that thread had personal sensitive information in it, once you unapprove it from view, only the moderators can see it and not the general users. Of course before I unapproved it, I entered the reasons for doing it.
Thanks for the update on that.
As to "News" items being "formal press releases", I've gotta say that's a bit of a long bow. Do you need to be a corporation or business to issue a press release?
How about you create a category called "Official Press Releases Only" if you want that category. News by it's defined category is "News and Community Information" and then "Announcements and Press Releases (General announcements as documented) That sounds open to me.
Isn't it normal practice to move the thread to the correct category rather than closing the thread (If that's what happened). That's what Karlos would have done. (But then he is a qualified Sockologist)