That too. I really hope this it not the case and that it's being worked on, else we've lost shitloads of interesting history; hope there's some kind of archive introduced at least.
Indeed. Several guides there which helped me a lot. Well, not anymore .
EDIT: On the launch page some stats are listed tho..
Interesting Statistics:
Threads: 140,586
Posts: 1,246,487
Members: 95,356
The most users online was 1,905 on 30th of September 2008 at 5:32 PM.
I hope this indicates it'll be restored..