This is shocking if it is becoming true. I have seen such a thread linking Ratimov to plagerism. I didn't pay much attention to the thread. I have thought it was a mere trolling. This could be the right time to pay attention to the reputation threads.
This isn’t a topic for meta,
I think it is a meta topic. If someone feels they discovered a system error in the forum, meta is the right place to discuss it.
... someone should really create a thread like that as a reference for the community to use, we have a lot of users who are capable of duplicating the information on that thread and add fresh inputs, this is serious work but it can be done again.
Should the interest be creating a topic like that by someone else or knowing the reason the one created was deleted.
Yes, unfortunately, this thread was deleted by Ratimov himself, and no one knows the real reasons yet since Ratimov himself did not respond to this thread to explain his reasons.
Have you heard of the term "bruised ego"?
Who bruised the ego? Forum members or admin or moderators.
Take responsibility for finding information on your own, which is abundant on the Internet, and do not trust those who create self-moderated topics. Sometimes, adults return to childhood and destroy their sand houses, so others do not get them.
I am even surprised that such a great thread was self moderated. Even at that, anyone can delete their own posts even if not self moderated.