closed by the closure of its parent, will <em>not</em> offer a re-open
option.

Though forum users are permitted to delete their own posts, they are
not permitted, without appropriate permissions, to close their own
posts. This is intentional, as closing one's own post can be used to
antagonize other forum users. For example, by posting something
trollish or highly contraversial in nature and closing the post to
trollish or highly controversial in nature and closing the post to
further responses.