Hi! Welcome to the forum. Dont be offended, your are not the only one. I’ve read a lot of complains about posts being deleted but dont take it personally. Its not deleted because it is a newbie’s post. Posts are deleted for some reasons and its not always because it is off topic. Sometimes they delete a repeated topic or posts. Or it could also be that the whole thread was deleted because similar topic has been created already before so all the other posts under the thread will also be lost.  Dont be discouraged. Feel at home.