I agree, Shambles, that you have had thread titles changed and some other people hven't had them changed - yet. They might well do at some point in the future. It might well also be true that some of the volunteers have got a bit cheesed off wih you, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised by that, would you? They are only human.   

I can sympathise with you if you feel you have been unfairly treated but I cannot honestly understand how you can feel that it is reasonable for you to expect the volunteers / recruits (whatever they might be), who help to administer and tidy up this site, to contact the originator of a thread to ask if it is ok to change the title, or combine one thread with another etc. I DO think it is too cumbersome. Far too cumbersome - having to keep track of who they contacted, when. Some people post a thread and then don't log on for days apart. Should they send reminders fter a certain period has passed? These people are not employees who have eight hours a day to spend here! They are, most probably, people trying to make a living, play some music, have a family life and fit in a bit of Mudcatting!

If I was Max I would add a disclaimer along the lines of my earlier post and have done with it! It might not clear up your problems with past posts / threads but it would clarify the position in the future.
(And, in local papers, the editors GIVE submissions titles themselves - it is the same with Press Releases or letters - the writer of the piece has no say in it!)

I know that your reply will be something along the lines of 'well, if they haven't got time to do it properly they shouldn't volunteer', and that you would prefer it if there was no tidying up anyway, in case it 'censored' anything.      

I'm afraid I'm with the ones who say Take it up with Max, if you have got a problem with the way his assistants are dealing with your submissions to the site. I'm sure he is aware of your disgruntlement, but perhaps he is waiting for you to contact him formally about it, rather than enter into discussion here?