Morning, everyone.
We've been having another look at the deleted posts that are being discussed here and we have reinstated three posts (and rescinded the relevant strikes). If yours was one of them we will be in touch this morning to let you know.
As we often say, these are really difficult threads to moderate, which is why we appreciate that sometimes it can also be difficult to post within the guidelines, so we're always happy to take a second look at deleted posts and explain why they were deleted or reconsider.
Just to shed a bit of light on the reasons why these posts were deleted originally: they did all come very close to being 'negative generalisations'. While we have taken on board the explanations given here and now understand that posters were referring only to very small and specific groups of people, rather than the trans community in general, and in other cases were referring not to the trans community at all but to paedophiles, when that isn't made crystal clear, posts do risk deletion. Referring generally to 'they' or 'these people' does mean posts are easily misread both by those reporting and those moderating, and that seems to be where the misunderstanding arose here.
As we said, we've reinstated those three posts now and we know it is tricky but if everyone can try to be as clear as possible in discussions like this, not just for us as we moderate, but for everyone reading and lurking, that would be a huge help and hopefully will avoid this happening too often.
Thanks again to everyone who took the time to post here or to drop us messages about the issue. We do appreciate it.