Somehow I keep clicking on vanished pages. I know pages are removed from time to time for undoubtedly good reasons, but hitting a link to something that isn't there naturally arouses curiosity. What happened to it? Why was it banished? What terrible misdeed led to its eradication? 

Now I see the DOS thread has joined the ranks of the disappeared. I find that irresistibly intriguing. I can easily imagine that happening to some other overwrought discussions, for example in the politics forum, but MS-DOS seems a pretty innocuous subject. What transgression could possibly have resulted in the entire thread being liquidated?

And then I see that even an apparent greeting from a new member has been unceremoniously binned. More intrigue. The weeds are being whacked left, right and centre. I wonder if this one will survive?