When will it sink into you brain that absolutely no one else cares about any of this?

It is pretty obvious from posts like the following to this thread -that they do care.

From: autolycus - PM
Date: 29 Oct 06 - 05:23 PM

Joe:-

I'm trying to be helpful at this point.

Can you tell me if anything I've posted has been edited out?

As far as I can tell, nothing has.

If I'm right about that, there may be something for posters to learn.

Again IF I'm right, all that's required is to post sensibly (?!),interestingly (?!), vaguely to the point, without pointless abuse, or libel.

If that is all that it takes to steer clear of being edited out, then this ginormous , for want of a better word, discussion just might evaporate.

Then they are given totally worthless assurances which they and our forum are expected to accept - like 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-

For it is clear from these two instances alone - that in all truth the current Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team who is giving this assurance - would not even know if some anonymous fellow poster had 'silently deleted' this or any other poster's contributions.

That is rather the point with these 'silent deletions' - no one except the anonymous one who is imposing their judgement (based on criteria of their own) - is aware.

Except possibly the victim - who first has to estabish if it is a software glitch, their dexterity or their memory that is at fault. Or in cases like these two, where all the posts in an entire thread are 'silently deleted' - the victims.

Which is why it has been requested - and not just by me - that all these impositions are recorded in edit comments....