Yes they did and mine was one of them,you could only post by signing up to your forum.
The threads did get moved back and unlocked but by then everyone had thought Nunhead had shut down,including me,it was only by chance I went back!!

Also on the subject of there being hidden forum politics, I hope not!

I always thought forums were set up for good of the community so people could get their voice heard and in this particular case the se23 forum has been very effective in letting people know what has been happening over at the Nunhead Forum

However you do have to wonder if there are hidden agendas to certain forums because everyone is supposed to be allowed,within reason and regardless of age,male/female to post.Therefore such information becomes redundant so why do certain forums (not this one Mr Administrator) still ask for this information?
What do they use this info for? Do they sell it to third parties?

The mind boggles!