Hi Pat,
Thanks for telling us about this. The thread in question is not deleted; it was moved to the "Trash Can", which is a private holding tank for threads that we want to remove from the public eye. After it was moved, the bartender who moved it posted an explanatory note, and you got a notice about that last post.
Since I've got your attention: your question was about a user with several odd characteristics. "Jabba Hutt" was actually me, posting from a newly-created account to
test a theory. There was a weird bug which was causing the problem you commented on. I managed to diagnose and fix the bug and the change is running now, so the problem has gone away.
We appreciate your taking the time to comment on these issues -- keep it coming!