The worst part about the locked questions is that they often appear in top spots in Google. So you see the question in the search results, exactly what you've b

The worst part about the locked questions is that they often appear in top spots in Google. So you see the question in the search results, exactly what you've been looking for, but then some bureaucrat has locked it. It would be more honest if they'd delete locked questions from the site, then they at least wouldn't spam Google result pages ... but the way it's currently implemented is infuriating.