That's new, what you mean by that? I don't know about any restrictions on newbies to post on Reputation threads. You and everyone else should have the right to post everywhere except for the
Ivory Tower Do you get any errors or no reply button?
As a matter of fact he is right, this is what @Timelord2067 stated in his topic. Honestly, I never noticed that rule before he mentioned it yesterday.
No "Newbie" or, "Junior Member" can post an investigation in this thread. They can however post a link (once) to a thread in the reputation section where their investigations can be investigated and analised.