[General Woundwort]

[pauses to relight pipe]

Remain calm! Let's take this step by step.

To review, there are three possibilities here.

1) An "inside job" by one of the Moderators/sysadmins

2) An outside "hack" by a third party

3) A "bug"

As you all are aware, I am inclined to think that 1) is the probable solution. The evidence (disappearance of Posts in this thread only) does not appear to me to indicate a random bug in the system. An outside hack 2) is a possibility - and given the success vis a vis MOO3 that SEIV has enjoyed, we have a clear motive. But I am not inclined to believe that this is the case, as a "hack" job by a disgruntled MOO-ite would have, I believe, most likely targeted a more game-oriented thread - the Newbie FAQ for example.

So, we have the crime, and we have a finite and identifiable circle of suspects. We must now be about the task of narrowing that list down, until we find our nefarious culprit.

[puff, puff]