Even if it wouldn't be self-moderated, he could argue it's off-topic and report the posts.
I also had this thought several times ... in the context of whether the moderators give preference to those reports that the OP sends or not,
(in cases where there is no explicit warning in the title of the thread). Below is a hardcore example, but as far as I know, moderators delete messages even with more relaxed local rules.
Please note Local rule: This thread is only [...]
Aren't those just sockpuppets posting to lure in others?
Especially considering the fact that there is a newbie warning above the title in this particular example, there is a warning for beginners that is visible even to unregistered users.
The Auctions board is a different case, you can't even edit your post there (but as far as I know OP can move it to another board to sneakily edit posts).
Shouldn't a thread stop being self-moderated if it is moved to a different partition? Or does this only apply to those cases where the thread is moved to Meta?