http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/53865-yukes-new-race-for-ffxiv

Why was this thread deleted, instead of being locked or moved or better yet left alone? There was some legitimate discussion going on in it, and while only tenuously assciated with FFXIV did not break any rules that I know about.

Generally, I appriciate the work the GMs and moderators do on this forum, but this seems rather heavyhanded deleting topics that aren't being disruptive or causing anyone any harm, nor are doing anything previously established as against the rules (such as promoting non-Square Enix software, etc).

At a minimum, I want it undeleted and if absolutely necessary, locked, so I can at least copy-paste some of my own text from it.