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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7866353, member: 10461&quot;]A fair point, and yes, it is certainly preferable to selectively edit whenever possible.&nbsp; (Scalpel instead of axe.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But you must also consider the point of view of a moderator who’s called into a thread when posts are reported.&nbsp; He often comes in cold, partially or completely unaware of what’s going on or being discussed, and has to read and understand everything, and all the nuances there, which can be a tall order sometimes, particularly in large threads with a lot of detailed posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes (at risk of “throwing out the baby with the bathwater”, to revisit my earlier metaphor), it is simply easier to remove the whole thread rather than attempt to go through the whole thing and selectively edit, post by post.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do try to wield the moderation tools as delicately as possible, but since the job requires a lot of judgment calls and interpretation (not to mention <i>time</i>), occasionally one has to deal with a situation in the most expedient manner available.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a thread has really gone off the rails (occasionally through no fault of the original author), sometimes it just has to be removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see such a situation here.&nbsp; The Ancients forum is full of intelligent, articulate, and civilized people for the most part, and is happily self-policed most of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- the report that brought me in here had nothing to do with bovine anatomical parts, but rather some of the other tangents that had arisen.&nbsp; I have thus far not edited anything in here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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