ebear, i don't know which posts were deleted, but there are a couple of possibilities:

1) you made one anti-gold remark too many, so the powers that be have decided you are not one of the true believers; your tin foil hat will be confiscated, and your power as hub leader has been usurped, or...

LOL! Ironically, I actually am bullish on gold - just guardedly so given the forces arrayed against us.

2) messages can be removed without going through the manage violations process. i normally use the formal process in the hubs where i am leader for just that reason; so the other hub leaders and agoracom can easily follow the trail of what i did. but messages can be removed without explanation, either by agoracom or by people who are of sufficient rank, and became sufficiently aggravated by the offending message.

Well, that pretty much sucks, doesn't it? I mean, what could be so offensive all of a sudden? It's not like this isn't a very respectful group, and the people whose posts were pulled are among the best examples in that regard.

Just so you all know - I had nothing to do with it. Not my style at all.

ebear