I personally think this has been blown out of all proportion. To me it seems like it is a muscle flexing exercise.
Lock it for 24hours? what is that going to achieve? nothing just show that the mods can do it.
As for the chat room, the link at top of the page doesn't work. how about getting it working before you go throwing your weight around?
I have nothing against the mods what so ever and they do a great job on here. but i will critisis where i feel necessary.
I feel this could have been handled better.