/r/games moderation has decided to ban all threads about TotalBiscuit's terminal illness because "he is not enough of an industry figure."

For those who don't know. /r/games, a very popular gaming sub had a front page post about TotalBiscuit's announcement that he may have a terminal illness. The moderators suddenly began deleting threads on the subject without explanation. This is odd because such threads have been allowed in the past. When I reached out to them, one moderator replied to me with this in a deleted thread:Hey guys,In general I'd say if you have questions, send them to modmail since that's much more likely to get a response.With that said, even though I removed this thread since it's both spam and inflammatory, I will give an explanation on what happened to the thread earlier.The thread was originally removed because at first glance it's a glaring 7.4 about non-gaming related details. We reinstated the thread briefly while more of us gathered and discussed whether it would be allowed or not.In the end we came to a consensus that while the news is unfortunate, he is not enough of an industry figure to warrant this news being on /r/games.There was a lot of back and forth on the matter, and without a doubt it could have been handled better by us, but that is something we will strive to do in the future. We are also considering rewriting the rule to be less vague and more literal regarding who is considered an industry figure.Thanks, and sorry for the confusion.TotalBiscuit: 2+ Million subscribers, 2 of the top Steam curators lists, owner of an esports team, frequently featured on the front page of /r/games, who's mere coverage of a game results in increased sales is suddenly not a good enough.Let's keep in mind for a moment that the following threads about deaths within the industry are totally allowed:http://ift.tt/1RL3Q9U mod team has had no problem with news of other journalists dying, does TB need to die before it's allowed? The mod team has allowed past posts about TB's illness, why the sudden change?Also, I tried PM'ing me the mod team and I got essentially the same reply as the one you see above so I'm spreading the word. I implore you to do the same but please be pleasant about it.Edit: Apparently now we're not allowed to post ANYTHING TotalBiscuit related, including videos about games. My 2 threads got deleted:http://ift.tt/1LcNTqC