I'm not sure what happened, but you were not banned. Your accounts were merged from what I remember, but this account should always have been active so I don't know why you couldn't log in, but sending us an email might have solved the problem. And your last post before today was in December 2005, so it was hardly a year.
At any rate, it's good to see you back, but this really is not a thread topic so I'll close it.
