I suppose if you get yours back .. James will want his back and so will anyone else who left..... for any reason ....
I actually think there could be a logistics problem here as well ... I believe, but don't know for certain, that once an account is deleted by its owner, all record of that account is gone .. as in deleted .... so there is no "proof", for want of a better word, of what the postcount was before deletion.
When the boys are "playing" and removing posts, there is actually a database record of what is/was as the account is never removed only modified.
If you had had your account removed, or your postcount modified, I think you would have a good argument .... but as said .. you deleted the account .. then signed up with a new one ..... albiet the same name .. but only because there was no-one on the forum with that name as you had left .. if that makes sense ...

It could quite easily have been that someone had used your old name ... would you then wwant their name changed so you could have it back

Now, please don't think I'm "having a go" .. I'm not in the least .. just trying to point out the very large "can of worms" that retrospective actions can open up !!!
I voted "whats a postcount" as I firmly believe a persons worth on the forum is what they say and do .. not how many times they post.....
Quality not quantity

and your reputation puts you firmly in the first category
