Sometimes a thread starts out in the safe zone and ventures into the danger zone with other posts. Sometimes it is moved to another section.

I've had topics deleted recently, but don't know which ones. I've been watching my "started threads" count...it was up to 110 yesterday and now it's down to 102. Very frustrating.

We are an international community.
We have standards designed to keep things polite and friendly.

Sometimes topics are not appropriate to that spirit.
When we can't save them with a bit of editing, we take them offline.

It has always been that way.