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BUG - It seems impossible to post in the Windows Phone 7 forum

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Hi again,
Again, I'm sorry to have to be brutally honest, but I've found another issue where the usability of the forums is just horrid, and nearly unusable.
I'm having the same issue as this person: http://qa.social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/vswpfdesigner/thread/ae233749-e780-4e7a-92eb-ca401081b21b
I went to the Windows Phone 7 forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsphone7series , clicked Ask a question, and got to: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/newthread?category=windowsphone&forum=windowsphone7series , but then, I'm still not able to post my question before choosing a Forum Category. This is really horrible usability, or just a bug - I can't tell. But I spent a good five minutes trying to find the right Category and Forum and still couldn't find it, and finally just GAVE UP on writing in the msdn forum...
- Moved by Naomi N Monday, February 27, 2012 7:46 PM Forum's issue - usability (From:Suggestions and Feedback for the Forums)
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Agreed, an ugly bug we should have fixed on 4/5.
Community Forums Program Manager
- Proposed as answer by Brent SerbusEditor Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:00 PM
- Marked as answer by Omer Raviv Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:13 PM
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As you can see, all the threads there are locked (clue #1). Also, there is an announcement (above the thread list) that says the forums have moved.
"As of October 11th, the support forums for Windows Phone 7 have moved to the new AppHub at http://create.msdn.com"
You can find the forums under the "community" menu there: http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/
I noticed there is a link to the locked forum here that should probably be removed or fixed.
The real bug here is that it's possible to click the "Ask a question" link on a locked forum.
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Agreed, an ugly bug we should have fixed on 4/5.
Community Forums Program Manager
- Proposed as answer by Brent SerbusEditor Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:00 PM
- Marked as answer by Omer Raviv Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:13 PM