I (obviously) don't consider it an abuse to close threads that are old and on the same topic, when a new thread posing the same question, that is more likely to attract attention, exists. The principle being applied here is simply to keep things well-ordered, nothing else. Any further comment on the matter is for the Editors alone. Of course if they object to the approach taken, then I apologise in advance, but it was well-intentioned, and the suggestion that it's an abuse of power is unnecessary, not to mention a gross overreaction in the circumstances.