I dug through the old thread and the closest thing I found was this:
Flicky wrote:
If anybody wants to move into my trading post/house in the Ravine, feel free to. I never go to the server anymore.
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this post.)
Personally, if a person says that they don't think they will be back on the server and basically says "you can take over my place," anyone who took reign over that shouldn't be liable to give back anything (esp. since they were given permission). Flicky, you might be angry, but the fact that you announced that you wouldn't come back and allowed free use of your items does not mean that Cited or Bexton have to give you back anything at all. You forfeited the items and location, so it wasn't stealing. The fact that Cited is willing to give you some stuff is actually awfully nice.
Reaction as a non-mod: On a side note do you really need all those things. Not to mention now that I have a super greenhouse and ranch, the Hipster Ravine will never run out of bread or any kind of food/leather/feathers/wool/etc. The caves below the ravine still have an awful lot of stuff you can mine. I've been using them recently and have come back with tons of coal, iron, some gold, some lapis, and a lot of redstone.