A thread I started has been deleted. I am not going to discuss it's subject as I do not want to generate or inflame further discussion. I am not disagreeing in principle with it's deletion. However I thought (never happened to me before in a decade on MN) that as the OP I'd get a 'look we're going to have to delete it' msg from HQ beforehand.
There were some posters I wanted to pm and thank, some info I needed to note down / screenshot. I now can't do that. I can remember some of it, but if I'd had a short warning that would have helped.
Is that not how it works then? If not, then ok, I'd just assumed if the OP wasn't a troll they'd get told first.