Randy, I understand your reasons for deleting the "Something About Carol" thread. I do not, however, agree with the premise of threads being deleted.

I wouldn't have brought it up, but I discovered a few weeks ago that at least a few threads in The Buzz, at least one related to the December ozstamps flame war, that appear to have been deleted.

One of the threads was titled "A Direct Question For QuietLion ...........":
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/003818.html

The other two threads I noticed: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/003823.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/003825.html

Note, there is another "Direct Question For QuietLion" thread on FT Community, so maybe that had something to do with these missing threads. But they still show up on "search," which is how I found the QuietLion one.

Like I said, I don't know what these missing threads are about, and I know there are other ozstamps-related threads still around, so I'm not suggesting a conspiracy or anything in the least bit unseemly.

I fully support locking down threads when they become nasty, and I'm glad you've been taking some long-overdue action against those who soil FT.

But I vigorously object to the deletion of threads. If anything, they should remain as a record of what happened on FT.

I would have preferred you to have closed the Carol thread with an explanation why, and perhaps you'll consider putting it back on the server (assuming it's saved somewhere).

Just my thoughts. And if you or anyone else at FlyerTalk can comment on those three missing threads I listed, I'd appreciate it.