The basic priciple of the management reserving the right - is a perfectly sound one. The use of the word 'reserves' suggests that it is something held in reserve and the use of the word 'management' suggest that it will be a matter for the 'management' to decide.

None of this suggest the use of 'silent deletion' by anonymous fellow posters as a first and only option to deal with really very minor issues.

And our forum is given many assurances. Like about meeting the required criteria for deletion of posts - like the assurance given in this thread to Ivor.

Can these assurances be seen to be worth anything - when entire threads of 300+ posts are seen to be deleted for the very slightest of excuses?

Very few (if any) of the posts deleted in those two threads would have met the stated required criteria for deletion - would they. If any did - then why cannot these posts only be subject to imposed editing action?

Why must entire threads - like this - be deleted. Especially when any possible offence has already been caused?