A quick note on deleted threads. If a thread 'disappears' it means one of three things:
- The original poster deleted his post, which will take the thread with it
or
- The thread was merged with an already existing thread where it should have been posted.
or
- The moderators have removed the thread for our own reasons.
As the moderators can see poster deleted threads and take steps to keep appropriate ones alive it is best to assume that if a thread disappears the moderators want it that way. If we don't want a topic discussed here it is also probable that we don't want to publicly explain why, often for the same reasons.
On the other hand we don't delete threads without good reason so you are going to have to trust us on that.
Therefore, an excellent way to earn a ban is to ignore us and start the thread again. So please don't.
Cheers,
The Mods