The below is the messageboard that Dog Soldier is referring to.
http://hpssims.com.c7.previewyoursite.com/forums/
It isn't a 'dead link', and I don't recall there being a period when that site had been down - maybe for a few hours when Rich transitioned host accounts.
I think though that maybe a more accurate way of stating things would have been that unofficial sites, in no way speak on behalf of either HPS or JTS, but rather in my case if I want to show something that would be official, I just go and source the comment from someone that would be official -in most cases Rich, and in others it would be a lead scenario designer or project manager working for one of the two companies. I can point to a fair amount of material that actually is official - it all depends upon how one sources material (pretty much like anything else).
However -SDC, is not intended to be a news site.... but well, anyway, I guess the topic here was basically covered.