You can make this forum better by the admin staff be more consistent on what constitute 'off topic' and its enforcement.
Reference this discussion...
https://defence.pk/threads/japan-sees-chinese-groups-backing-okinawa-independence-activists.469041/
I posted two sources that challenged the core of the issue, which is China claiming to 'own' Okinawa.
The first source was from the
nationalinterest.com and the comment was that China claiming Okinawa was like Japan claiming Hawaii.
The second source was the
New York Times and the question was China reclaiming Siberia.
Both times, my posts were removed. There was nothing off topic about them.
There is a double standard on interpreting what is 'off topic' and its enforcement with the Americans noticing for a long time that the Chinese group and Chinese issues are favored for protection.
Why is this 'on topic' ?
What does my origin have to do with aviation ? This is not the first time that the Chinese ganged upon race and racial issues when their main issue was challenged, and that their posts were not edited/removed.
The few American veterans on this forum have contributed to the quality of posts, in terms of technical knowledge and general military lore, grossly out of proportion to our numbers. And to a man, each of us experienced this kind of specious categorization of our posts as 'off topic' to protect special interests. At least two of us have left in disgust and two others opined that this kind of favoritism were factor on why they left.
To the admin staff -- be honest about your policies.