Sorry for even more off topic:
In the forums I was moderating it was considered good practice that EVERY time a mod changes a thread he leaves a note WHO changed the thread (including an info on how to contact him for further questions if that's not obvious), WHAT he did (in this case at least a link to the off-topic thread, better yet one to the exact post) and WHY he did it.

This way the regular user gains a good level of transparency about what happens behind the curtain and misunderstandings like the one recently experienced are very unlikely.

Now that you read that, whoever you are, please move this post to the off-topic thread as well!
If you're about to say you don't have the manpower for this level of transparency, that's pretty easy to fix.