Thanks for the work you do. An unintended consequence of unfair posters is heavier rules for all of us. It's sad. Are all the "mistakes" unintentional or are we dealing with very sophisticated disrupters?
Many of the vanities are from sophisticated disrupters who return over and over again.
As for not replying to pulled threads, I try to notify every poster why a thread was pulled. Sometimes with all the disruption going on behind the scenes, it is hard to reply immediately. John is working on a feature which will notify the poster immediately when a thread is pulled.