Boy its a full moon tonight. I like the idea RawData mentioned.....Just redirect the topic to the appropriate target. The padlock is intimidating until you realize that the post is not deleted, just placed in another forum. Maybe we could avoid it altogether. better than a padlock icon would be one that said "moved" OR just do nothing and redirect the reader to the other forum automatically. A quick note could be flashed (much like the one, "thank you for your post...you will be redirected back to the forum in 5 seconds etc etc")politely stating that "you are being redirected to the forum considered most suitable for this topic". This would leave no questions and should cause no undue anxiety. It would create better awareness in the relation of topic to forum. So how bout it?
There is nothing wrong with this site. This one little thing could use some tweaking though. If only for newer members.