I do disagree with the assessment.
That's the fascinating part in this, quite frankly. I can't see how you can view his post as non-inflammatory with comments about "what they were smoking" in it. I simply don't understand. And this is precisely what fuels such wars. One side making such snide, rude, and inflammatory comments without even realizing it. Moreover and perhaps more importantly, since I can't fathom how you don't realize it I'm left with the
presumption that you must have intended it as inflammatory. This makes it extraordinarily difficult to just "let it go." To let it go, I essentially have to ignore what amounts to a virtual slap in the face. Sure, I could ignore the thread, but why does one side get to slap the other side in the face?
By comparison, I nearly reported TurtleJay's response as needlessly degenerating toward edition warring. If you think someone's trolling, report the post, don't feed the troll. Don't make the situation, as bad as you think it is, worse. That's the surest road to edition warring that I've seen here on ENWorld.
I don't agree with the first sentence here. He's not degenerating, he's calling out the problems in the referenced post. To degenerate, he would have to (IMO) make statements like, "You ask 'what they were smoking', well I say you're a poopy head!" But, he doesn't. TurtleJay is snarky, I admit, but I also think he was quite well restrained. Nowhere did he make a personal attack. He simply explained what he saw as 'bad' in the referenced post. On an unmoderated board I personally would've had a LOT stronger reaction so I can actually appreciate and notice the restraint (though I would hope that I would not actually respond). Since you and I (and the others) don't even come close to seeing eye-to-eye on this, I can understand however how you don't even notice the amount of restraint TurtleJay is showing.
On the other hand, I DO agree with your remaining sentences. They are absolutely good advice.
As another side note, I'm disappointed that the mod decided to interject comments in TurtleJay's post, but not ScottS. Such one-sided admonishments can only fuel edition warring (and other kinds of warring). If a snarky post like TurtleJay's is edited, then I think it's fair to take a few moments to actually read it and try to understand his point
with the expectation of reviewing the originating post for the same reason. I.e. I'm fine with the mod's comments in TurtleJay's post, but I think it would really help to put similar one's in ScottS's. Otherwise, the message is "It's okay to take the mod's side in an edition war and troll against the 4E adherents." Obviously, this is not the mod's intent and the reaction should be equal.