No, Bert, it's not going to happen. When I delete Spam, I'm not going to post an explanation. When I delete eight copies of the same message from eight different threads, I'm not going to post eight explanations. When I delete a personal attack, I'm not going to reinforce the attack by posting an explanation. When Shambles posts complaints in eight different threads, I'm not going to post an explanation when I consolidate those complaints.
The posts we delete are destructive, problem-causing posts. Oftentimes, they are posted in quantities of ten to a hundred. They're messy, and cleaning them up is messy - especially when people have responded to them.
So, No, Bert, for the last time, I am not going to post an explanation when I delete a message. That being said, there are times when I do post an explanation, when doing so makes sense.
-Joe Offer-