It wasnt removed by any of us, so if it's gone it was most likely automatically removed by the off topic forum rule of auto deleting after so many weeks have passed without any response to it. I'm not sure exactly how long the time frame is before a topic gets deleted from there.
I dont see any way on my end to bring it back, but I can dig deeper into trying later today.
Yeah that's odd. I remember the thread but can't find it either. Perhaps it can be restored from a backup. I'm not sure how that system works though or if it's possible.
I seem to recall Alex stating that threads in off topic actually get deleted from the system as opposed to just hidden or moved like what we usually would do. It's an automatic process we dont have control over.
But hopefully alex can at least send you a copy of it from a restore point or something.
I have some time now, I'll look.
So I checked the admin control panel and unfortunately, the board auto prunes threads every day if they meet the criteria of the specific forum (eg off topic, for sale, for free). Unfortunately, all it says is that the process was completed, it doesnt show what it deleted or give any directory to deleted items.
So at this point it would be up to Alex if he is able to.