Moderating threads ....
Just so folks have a handle on my philosophy .. in general I try not to interfere with a thread as whatever I do it is always a case of "you can please some of the people some of the time and none of the people all of the time" so I get shot whether I leave it or edit it ...
The only time I tend to jump in is if anyone starts to get nasty etc., or if a thread goes so far off the rails ...
In fact, I think one of the great things about PPRuNe is the range of digressions which crop up in threads .. ?