could make the site a bit better.

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Now in this forum's case that could be a useful tool but then it may delete topics that would potentially be helpful to late-comers.

Exactly, meaning the search feature will be worthless.

Sure I may think that a few of the rules on Ragol.co.uk are a little stringent, but I follow them because I am interested in posting here.

I never found the rules stringent, each rule has a reason to exist and maybe that's the reason why the comunity here is the one i like the most.

If you have any doubt about anything about the forum that isn't listed in the faqs or the rules, ask a mod or the admin.
For now it is adviced not to bump old topics, only bump them if what you want to post can actually bring some interesting discussion, even so i would recomend asking about a mod for permission.
The best solution is always to create a new topic.