the responses above - not the Mods decision. It's a moderated Forum - live with it or start your own where you can whine to your hearts content -making the moderators the enemy is plain pathetic.
Having a well maintained discussion space where inconsequential fictions get deleted has nothing to do with repression or cultism - it's actually a fundamentally democratic option.
And personally when faced with any whinging prima donna who says they are going to leave whatever forum - my response is "go now - make my life better by your absence !"
Nik