The Sims Medieval had seen such a decline in popularity that we decided to archive and lock the board. Given the weak interest it is not a good use of our time to police it, and people will find the discussion there too disappointing. So, it has been locked for now.
I will likely find a way to lock the quest help section of the Medieval site as well. There have been so many questions asked that most non-bug topics have been covered, and I'm faced with duplicates more and more often. People aren't often bothering to learn from the words already on the page.
Since Medieval didn't require its own category, I condensed the boards once again. Categories won't be necessary again until The Sims 4, I imagine.
On a brighter note, there is now a Sims 3 Pets board on the forum. Feel free to discuss the game. As Pam rationalized it to me, we know so much about this one that there is less mystery. People are very excited, so go ahead and continue your discussions about the new EP on that board.