[TChad]

would ask that in the future removals of posts made in good faith by members in good standing at least be recognized in private messages to the poster after the fact, stating the approximate cause for removal.

Sounds reasonable, but I don't know how much additional work that would entail for the mods.

This reminds me of the Bill Cosby joke about how parents are not interested in justice, they just want quiet. Sounds like that is the philosophy of some mods, too.

I hope you change your mind.

[ThePythonicCow]

Sounds reasonable, but I don't know how much additional work that would entail for the mods.

John should be able to automate it.

As MARTIAL MONK reported above, if you managed to find an old link to the now dead post and clicked on that link, you get a message stating it was pulled, and (usually) a word or two stating why.

If that message had also been automatically privately messaged to me, as the thread poster, I would have been a happier camper.