If the thread about why post-ops are leaving is going to get locked, then this thread going on about the people who left is getting locked too. It goes both ways. We don't need to be celebrating the loss of an entire point of view, a loss that makes this site less than it could otherwise be.
(I know this thread was intended to be a celebration of everyone here, but too many of these threads lately have devolved into bashing those who left, hence, the lock).