And your clear implication from that last post is that if it doesn't actively harm the forum then it should be compulsory. Now you could request that the moderators jump up and down on one leg and sing "Clementine" before they delete a post. It wouldn't harm the forum for them to do that, but they're pretty unlikely to do it.

I was under the impression that our forum is here for the benefit of its posters.

I see that it is now appears to be accepted that our forum is here for the benefit of its 'moderators'.

Any 'moderator' who would consider that always indicating where and why any form of censorship action was undertaken - would be placing an unrealistic burden upon them - does not have to continue being a 'moderator' - do they?

The problem I have always had is that our known and our anonymous 'moderators' haved not considered that inserting many forms of editing comments and personal attacks all over my posts - to be any form of burden to them at all.....It often appears that they are fighting amongst themselves to do it.