Back when I was interested in "aggressive content syndication" I would analyze what competitors did to get top rankings and I'd often find that there was a newspaper in a small town in Pennsylvania that had nobody minding the store and somebody had filled up all the comments with drivel about where to buy World of Warcraft gold.
I think it is just a generic ‘no necromancy’ policy that a lot of forums have to stop people from dredging up old stuff constantly. However, if you want l to discuss that topic, maybe you could start a new thread and link the old one ?