OK, so I'm sure that somebody will want to know what are our criteria for deletion. Here's what was posted in the Help Forum:

Perhaps it is those anonymous ones who are supposed to be imposing this criteria who should first be informed what it is?


The following editing comment was inserted into the thread that was originally about Winona Ryder's birthday and which we are now informed was should not have been deleted.

Multiple threads combined, and the first thread was undeleted because I could see no reason for deletion.

Please remember that this is a thread about Winona Ryder, not about Mudcat Editing Policy.
That's it. The End. Finis. Schluss.
No further discussion of anything but Winona Ryder will be permitted in this thread.
-Joe Offer-

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Perhaps posters can be similarly warned to - please remember that this IS a thread about closed threads and deleted posts i.e. Mudcat Editing Policy.

But due to our now resident double standard, personal judgements, spam and the discussion of anything other than this thread's subject is seen to be activly encouraged here by our 'moderators'.

Subjects so far include jokes, recipes and we now seem to be encouraged to dicuss beer drinking....I would start a thread with beer drinking as its clearly titled subject to enable that discussion - but I suspect it would be deleted or closed.

The last edit comment inserted in this thread was the following:

No, nothing you've posted has been deleted. It takes quite a bit to warrant deletion - direct attacks on people, racism, stalking, or frequent multiple posts of the same messages.
-Joe Offer-

In the light of the entire thread that was recently 'silently deleted' but was then not judged to meet the required criteria - perhaps this editing comment needs correcting? As in all truth it appears to take very little to warrant deletion. All it takes is some anonymous fellow poster with an itchy finger on their edit button.

As this is by no means the first time this has happened – perhaps our forum can now be assured that steps will be taken to ensure that it is the last time?