Yep.

Edit - Pardon, I was reading that as "can you see the forum."  It does not appear in the forum listing, but you can back into it.

Kyna, that's a forum of auto-generated messages.  It should NOT be open to the public, because like the Contact Us emails, it could create problems for people.  Much like the TSR sharing, but more due to not having a clue what to do in the Admin panel.

And what the heck, in case he's following along, it's Admin Panel > Forums & Moderators > Forum Permissions. 

There sure are a bunch of email and IP addresses flying around with the mod forums open to the public.  

For the non-Sims site I work on, there is an option for mods and up to remove attachments when deleting posts.  Not sure if they use it, but I have never had a problem restoring attachments when necessary.  Besides, at worst you go back to the last database or server backup.

Items can still be deleted in protest and a fuss made if they are restored without permission, but for the time being, deleting anything just increases the number of people who see the rug pulled out from under them.

Deleting just slows the servers.  Unless someone has been given the option to "physically remove" threads, everything is just two clicks from restoration.  There's a deleted posts queue, so finding and restoring threads takes all of a few seconds.  Even posts that were edited before deletion can generally be restored without bothering with database backups.  So, under current circumstances, deleting threads is definitely counter-productive.

Mass-moving or deleting threads, particularly large threads, in vBulletin melt0rs servers very quickly.  

N00b here.  Not sure this is the right place to post, but this seems to be a helpful group.

I'm looking for a place to throw $100 a month at a website, but have some specific requirements.  I'm only willing to pay for content the site owner does not own, has never used himself, and cannot legally offer at any price.  This content can under no circumstances be guaranteed to be there tomorrow; what's more, it can't be there more than half the time now.  Also, as soon as I donate, there has to be a good chance I'll get slapped with a mandatory monthly fee on top of it.  Finally, I only want to deal with this merchant when more of my money is desired, so he cannot be a member of the community, have knowledge of the community, or have a vision for the site that includes the community in any non-mercenary way.

Bonus points if there is a webinar!!1!