I will still give a short comment on this since i was the Staff member that happened to remove them.
It has always been vBulletin.org policy to remove threads if the hack is withdrawn. If no file is attached it is not considered to be an active hack. Until now i never saw anybody complaining about that.
We never hard delete any thread, and if an author wants to publish his hack again, all he needs to do is ask for it to be restored and add the hack file again. Again this is nothing new and has always happened.
Since JumpD himself announced that he would withdraw his hacks, the policy was followd as usual.
PS I know that there are more threads that don't contain the hack files anymore, and they will be handled if spotted by staff or reported by a member.
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