Threads getting too long to make sense of

[AdamT]

Originally posted by Gadget470
Perhaps for those who have achieved the status of custom titles and/or senior members (By this I suggest because it means they've been around a while), could have a small link to "Request Lock" on threads that have digressed to far from their original topic and have become chatter-box threads.

This can easily be done by simply IMing or PMing a moderator. Does it really need a special button?