Would Mumsnet clarify if posts and/or threads that were written before "the rules" came into place on the feminism board (or each iteration of "the rules", as they changed) are subject to deletion now if they contravened rules that weren't yet in place at the time?
Would Mumsnet also confirm if the posters in such threads are now all liable to 'strikes' under the current rules, and therefore liable to be banned?
This is in relation to the thread about women's mental health that was about 2 years old that has just been deleted and warnings apparently given.
If these two points are confirmed, would mumsnet also confirm that it is aware that most of us will be deleted for not adhering to rules that didn't exist at the time of posting?
As a workaround to this potentially silly (and already upsetting) situation, I suggest that any posts written before 'the rules' (BTR) have a disclaimer added to the top expressing they were BTR with the date of the rules that applied. Anybody whose posts dated after the implementation of those rules (i.e. posts on zombie threads) would be subject to the rules in place a the time of posting.