Like I said, that's not an answer for why is was DELETED...
Yes, it is.
A thread 'getting out of hand' is locked, not deleted (based on past experience).
There is no rule book concerning what a mod / admin may or may not do in their own house, for whatever reason they may have deemed it necessary.
And I had been reading the thread nearly up the point it disappeared, and it didn't seem to be 'getting out of hand'... Unless something happened in the last few hours of it's existence.
Perhaps. Though you may feel otherwise, it is not our 'right' to grill the mods / admin to further explain why a decision was taken.
And 'IIRC' is a way of saying 'this is what I think happened'. In other words, he doesn't know for sure, just taking a guess...
This is not the kind of respect I think should be shown towards a mod in a thread. In case you haven't noticed, Art hasn't been on the board for days, as he is attending an event that took lord knows how much time before that to prepare for. You cannot expect Montagar to dedicate time to this matter when there are far more important priorities to take care of, in the time he offers to the board out of his own goodwill in the first place.
The above notwithstanding, and as I said before, it is not our 'right' to grill the mods / admin to explain (further) why a decision was taken.
To me, that's not an answer.
See all above.
Are the mods going to start deleting every thread on the board when someone questions the authenticity of an item? Based on that 'answer', that's what would seem to be happening...
That is an exaggerated statement.
But again, as I said, there is no rule book concerning what a mod / admin may or may not do in their own house, for whatever reason they may deem it necessary.
At the risk of repetition, and though you may feel otherwise, it is not our 'right' to grill the mods / admin to further explain why a decision is taken at any point in time.
If an answer is given, that is it, and it is unwise to continue to insist otherwise.
I feel that this board is run in a terrific way, and is one of the fairest and most balanced I have ever come across on the net.
But that's just me