For anyone interested, here's a summary of the edit job from the dismissal thread, and reasons for those edits..........
9 posts were deleted because they were an argument weather this convo should be held on the forum (off topic).
6 posts were edited to delete content that was an argument weather this convo should be on the forum.
9 posts were deleted because they expressed angry speculation in a way that was unfair considering the lack of facts.
8 posts were edited for the same reason, or because they were direct replies to those posts.
4 Posts were deleted because it was posted by Meat at forum members in frustration (who thought better of it) or in reply to that posting.
1 post was edited to remove a reply.
1 Post was deleted because it was flaming toward other members (If you think what Meat said to mlukfc members was bad..........
)
2 replies to that post were deleted, 1 post was edited to delete the part that replied to that post.
4 posts were deleted or edited because they contained terms that were disrespectful to other users.
As there has been so much negative reaction to the edit job, and so many calls to just delete it, that's what i'm going to do.
If anybody thinks that any of the deleted material listed above was appropriate on the thread, I would respectfully disagree.
As I demonstrated on the other recent the thread concerning moderation, I believe it simply isn't practical to moderate just by PM'ing members to change their posts themselves.
By the time that member comes back and changes what they've written, half the forum have read and replied, and we have to sent out a whole new batch of PM's asking people to edit their replies, by which time more people have waded in, and on and on and on.
I believe that the only way to stop a mod editing/deleting your posts is to.....
Consider the know facts.
Be fair minded.
Find a way of posting your point of view that shows respect and consideration for the opinions and feelings of others........
........before you hit "Post Reply".
That is something that is in the hands and capabilities of each and very member of the forum.