That's just not true. If the old mods have left and set it to private before they did that, all that's needed is to simply make it public again. Admins can do

That's just not true. If the old mods have left and set it to private before they did that, all that's needed is to simply make it public again. Admins can do that. No need at all to start a new one. They have no right to squat on this name to direct traffic to their new site indefinitely.