What does it mean when a question is locked?

What does it mean when a question is locked? And why?

Answer #1

Yeah basically if things have gotten off topic, or people have started arguing. In rare situations when people are asking to hurt themselves or things that break terms of use (usually these are deleted)

Answer #2

advisors lock a question if its something thats likely to start a fight or argument so people cant answer it

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