It couldn't be an explanation as simple as some of the mods here are raging dicks, could it? Nah - that can't be it.
Anyone actually paying attention to this thread knows badtimetales has been interacting and providing feedback on what's going on, so it has to be something other than what the known facts indicate.
I've never cared to look it up, but I've seen so many vastly different time-frames of "according to f95 rules". It'd be cool if f95 would add to the OP or make a post like "marked as abandoned due to..." whenever they add the tag.