Joe, you say,
...Usually, if it's just one person causing the problem, the moderators will try to control that person...

Unfortunately, when posts are deleted without explanation, then it becomes impossible for members to tell whether or not it is the Moderator who is causing the problem.

It also makes it impossible to follow the thread when somebody responds to a post which is later deleted.

You also say,

...It's fairly obvious to most people what the problem was...

How can it be obvious to anyone, if the post was deleted and we don't even know that the post was there in the first place.

I know that the place is not a democracy and that what Max says, goes; but it is a discussion forum after all, and we should be free to
be able to discuss things and state our opinions, without arbitrary deletions.

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I was talking about thread closures, Bert - the stated subject of this thread. Closed threads remain visible to all.
-Joe Offer-