<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JeffS:
In my opinion this is the question. It is clearly censorship when a moderator edits another poster's comments. I'm not questioning their ability and authorization, but rather the wisdom. I can even understand the urge to edit as being concerned with further escalation devolving into chaos. I simply disagree with the method.

I'd much rather see the comments and decide for myself than wonder what was the kerfuffle all about. For example, the comments of ftomnibox are clearly a flame yet remain in two different threads for all to see. I'm fine with those comments still present as others can take a look at the record to see if they have any merit. It's when comments are removed that we cannot fairly judge. Further, the removal of some comments but not others really begins to distort the record.</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Who owns my post?

For the sake of simplicity, we'd say that we own anything posted on FlyerTalk. Our reasoning is that we have the power to edit or delete any such post if we, representing the community, find it provides more harm than value to FlyerTalk. Also, if a member decides they no longer want to participate in the community, we would find it difficult to go into the database and delete each post an individual had made. Excerpts from posts to FlyerTalk may appear in InsideFlyer magazines, books, or other materials.</font>