possibly i've reverted the whole lot of them already there were more than the two i first spotted which was boring and possibly unecessary but the problem is that in the absence of an edit summary it's impossible for an uninvolved editor to know what is going on so it's bound to cause problems if the comments are to be removed they are much better off being struck through with an explanation which is more usual however as there were not multiple sock puppet comments on any of these afds i would argue that even striking through the comments is questionable being a sock puppet doesn't necessarily invalidate your comment i understand the reason for the removal but i think it's pretty dubious practice thanks for the info anyway talk