If you want enlightenment, go to the CL help desk forums for flagging, give them the information. Those are the ones with the expertise on flagging. Ask about the link to the UNofficial Flag FAQs. It seems obvious something went awry with that, since it worked really well 2 days ago.
In any case, I doubt this is the right place to seek help on flagging from CL, since it is CL that has the forums for help.
Besides that, no one can tell why your particular ad got flag/deleted without seeing what you are doing: where you posted and what you posted and how soon it disappeared. When you are posting in Edmonton, do you have an account set up using an Edmonton ph#? If not, then what did you expect lol.
@ apple juice, you may not believe there is anything wrong with cross posting. I may not believe there is anything wrong with it either. But frankly it is not up to you or I, it is up to CL. If you are using an account with an Edmonton 780 area code and try to post an ad using that account in Calgary 403, you will get deleted, and the more you get deleted the closer you are to getting your account permanently blocked. So go at it, if there is nothing wrong with it you should be A-OK lol.
REally, I don't make the rules for CL. If you don't like what is happening with your ads, find out yourself how to fix it. Whatever cuteangie is doing is working now, when it did not before.