My post was deleted!

[admin]

Sorry! Maybe try again.

Reread forum guidelines and even though you disagree that your post violated ANY of them, you can usually figure out an area where interpretations might vary. 

Please consider the spirit of the guidelines in addition to the letter; no rules can explicitly itemize and define every use case. If something gets deleted  try again with a different approach. 

Realize too that a post deletion is neither the end of the world nor scarlet letter. 

Post deletions are non-negotiable.  Rarely does anyone who's post has been deleted ever agree with the deletion so there is seldom anything to be gained in debating it. Per forum rules we reserve the right to disable the board, limit access to the board, ban users, and edit or delete topics and posts at the discretion of volunteer moderators.  

We don't like to edit other people's content or change their words if we can help it,  so generally speaking a post lives or dies based on an assessment of its most problematic part.

On the flip side, sometimes you will report things you feel should be deleted and they aren't. That too is a judgement call. My apologies if the result is offense.