I'm very confused. I've not been following the thread that Gary P posted HERE until now but looking at it at the moment it's become a very sanitised thread that makes no sense. I can only assume that certain thread replies have been deleted, without comment, or am I wrong?

I've read the thread in it's current state and I see no negative civil, helpful, reasonable comments.

Lock a thread by all means if required but don't censor/delete it without a reasonable justification/ explanation.