I am concerned more about debating the general problem, rather than the merits or not of this particular post - but.

It was what I call a "no-brainer," and it's the kind of post the JoeClones are allowed to delete - a post that is very obviously against our policy.

The only written policy I am aware of is a FAQ with guidlines for new posters, about what to expect and how to find things. This was mostly written by Joe Offer but it certainly does not say there that as a first resort, unknown volunteers are to automatically and quickly delete anything they see that they may consider breaches these guidelines.

There is a bit where Joe says the management reserve the right etc, etc - but management reserving the right to delete contributions, is just that.

The post in question is non-music information copy-pasted from an unattributed source by an anonymous poster, with no personal comment from the person who posted the information.

Joe was kind enough to copy and paste this deleted message to me via a PM. The post did in fact contain a musical contribution - in the form of a song or parody.