Number of infractions as of March 10, 2009: 25
This is getting out of hand.
So I quit keeping count - there were maybe 5 people that got infractions in the last two weeks for the same thing.
Apparently, this isn’t working - any new area threads will continue to be deleted, but warnings will occur first. If you become a repeat offender, you get an infraction. I already had one guy make a thread, get an infraction, then make ANOTHER thread the next day and get banned for 3 months. Don’t let that happen to you 
Starting threads because you feel like it is a waste of your time and ours. Please make sure you have a purpose that applies to a large portion of the community before you do so. If you have any questions about this, just PM one of the mods. I can’t speak for the other guys, but I’m on here pretty much every day, so your question will be answered in a timely fashion (more than likely within 24 hours)…
I made some changes to the first post to try and explain a little better as to why we don’t want people starting new area threads without asking first. Please take a moment and give it a read - thanks!