I have a few questions about this.

If a conversation refers to pasts posts, how will we be able to check what was said if the posts are gone? And how will we be able to follow past conversations if pieces of them are missing? Several people were banned from a forum I belonged to a year ago but their posts are still there for these reasons.

How can we rest assured that the original meaning of the posts will come across if any parts of them can be deleted?

I have occasion sometimes to refer to a piece of scientific information passed on by RAZD or Russ2. The Grand Canyon thread is one I use. a) Presumably this information will now be removed? and b) Will this now mean that the original claims can be made all over again, without the original posters who presented the original information as a rebuttal?

I'm trying to understand the meaning of your icons -- does this mean that we are expected to laugh hilariously as we watch you use your new powers to remove information from here; and will we be banned if we don't?

Finally, what is a "banned entity"? How is an entity different from a person? And how do you define "pests"? Just thought I'd ask.

Thank you.