First, I recognize that I've become someone who reads the board far more than I post. So my voice may not mean as much as it once did. But anyway...
I don't see a fight here. I see people with strong feelings expressing disagreement politely, courteously, and respectfully.
I'm also deeply saddened that posts have been removed. As a failed historian, I believe that the Internet offers a huge opportunity to the field because it allows future historians to discover what (relatively) ordinary people said, thought, and did at critical moments in history as well as in everyday life. Removing posts distorts that history.
On to the substance of the topic. I would strongly oppose any link to the discussion (as originally posted or with posts removed). I haven't seen anything about the TV Tropes mess other than what I've read here. But it seems that people have very strong feelings and no qualms about expressing them. Somebody is likely to feel aggrieved if we say anything. And linking to the discussion would make it too easy for anyone who perceives a grievance to mess with the board. Above all, I don't want anyone to mess with the board. (New posters wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing -- but I'd like to see them fit in with existing culture and/or take the board in a positive direction. Anyone who joined because of a perceived grievance against the board would not be likely to do that.)
I'm a little less concerned about someone acting on behalf of the board to tell a third party the story. However, before we do that, we'd need to resolve several matters. (1) Who would do the talking? (2) What would that person say? (3) What benefit (either to the board or more generally) would be gained by telling the story?
If I misunderstand the situation, my apologies. It was a rough weekend involving power outage and several car trips with very distressed cats. I hope to be fully awake by Wednesday.