There have been numerous complaints about unwarranted and unsubstantiated deletion of threads. Moderator status does not come with rights to delete threads as one sees fit at their own discression.
Its necessary to express certain guidelines. Censorship is to be discouraged UNLESS there is a good reason to delete a thread.
Valid Reasons for deleting threads (as far as I've seen it and implemented) are:
- Multiple Posts of the same
- Posts/Spamming marketing (posts with gross commercial agenda)
- Overtly Offensive material (pronographic, gory etc)
If you delete a thread for any OTHER reason you are in the wrong unless you can offer a valid substantation.
I do not know who the guilty party is, but if there are further complaints about unwarranted deleted threads the matter needs to be referred to Milk (God) with the recommendation to look at recent deletions and reconsider some people's moderator priviledges.
You are warned.