Yet another thread I was on earlier has been deleted with this message:
This thread has been deleted at the OP's request. (We don't normally delete whole threads but we will do so when it is to protect a poster's privacy.)
It is very annoying when a thread that people have taken time to respond and contribute to is deleted just because the OP doesn't like the way it was going. And I'm sorry but that 'to protect a poster's privacy' just seems like a handy catch-all excuse to me: there was nothing on that thread that threatened the OP's privacy in any way!