Timbo, you really don't want this discussion moving to the open forum. And deleting a thread because you don't like its direction or the author, NEVER a good idea. If you can't handle conducting fleet business in an open forum or with non-class members then move it to an email distribution list. But, with your current moderation practices it looks like you're saying 'If you can't think like us(moderators) then piss off'.
Hmmmm.... wonder if this will get deleted...
What are you doing over here? Get back into your cage.
Seriously though, deleting stuff is like, well, frustrating...cause I came all the way down here to see what all the fuss was about and now it's gone. I can only cover so much ground.
But seriously, the topic of deleting threads - wouldn't it be better to cut off privileges (temporarily at first) of offending members before wiping out the historical record?
I can't remember stuff well enough to have to deal with deleted stuff. This would be like the time the guy on our local catamaran usergroup started a bunch of fuzz about jet skis and catmarans...see - I don't even remember now....I booted him out of the forum but I never deleted his posts...that way everyone knows WHY he got booted and I can go back to remember that which I have forgotten if I felt so inclined. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
