jb - can I ask that we deal with one point at a time, please? It will just get too complicated, otherwise, with crossed communications and misunderstandings. Up to you, of course.
At a time when all hell was breaking lose, Nishy asked his question, you jumped in so I moved the lot, maybe locked the thread, I can't remember - and moved on to the next breakout of someone behaving "a bit emotionally high" and dealt with that. There are many more of you than I and it could well be that some babies were thrown out with the many tubs of bathwater I removed. You were out for whatever you were out for and may have been treated as roughly as I was being treated. The fact is that it was all a complete waste of time. You achieved nothing because you went about things the wrong way. If you have a grievance or grievances, address them to Admin. Admin are the people - the only people - who can change anything.
Of course there is inconsistency! Are the Mods supposed to read every single thread? Behave! Not going to happen! That's why we have the 'Flag' system - you don't like a post, you flag it and a red flag appears at he top of my pages, I click it and am taken directly to the problem post and given moderation options. Trust me, if I deleted all the flagged posts you would think moderation had gone Spanish Inquisition on you!
As I've said elsewhere recently, I don't give reasons for deleting a post anymore because members used to argue the toss endlessly, so now I rely on the "as we see fit" part of the use of forum agreement.
I find TSR to be the most easily understood place on the internet and, usually, a hell of a lot of fun. I love it!