::::::: Yes, I know; it's a fucking disease. Much of it is spread by editors acting in good faith, as they're unaware of the issues. That needs to change. Any gratuitous styling such as colour can and should be removed by any editor at any time. Deviations from site-wide norms require a much more solid rationale than "ILIKEIT". See WP:Deviations: In general, styles for tables and other block-level elements should be set using CSS classes, not with inline style attributes. 
 ::::::: We should talk about you sig, too; it's using the deprecated html font-element. 

 ; current:   
 ; suggested:   
 :; example:   

 The above is better code. I would suggest a normal sig, too ;) 

 Sincerely,