When a thread isn't about Hicks, it doesn't mean his name can never be mentioned in a passing comment in a post. But it does mean that a thread should not be derailed and the subject of that thread hi-jacked to post ad nauseam about a pet topic. You don't need to respond to every single Hicks comment with lengthy posts about Hicks and not the thread subject at hand. We routinely remove posts that are off-topic as stipulated in the posting policies. Some threads after a certain length of time when the subject itself has been exhausted, yeah, who cares; but a new thread only a couple pages in? No. Your posts weren't passing comments but derailments.