I see, personally I've been getting annoyed at the general way you handle things and now I'm told that I'm not allowed to create a topic about something that needs to be discussed.

This is a discussion board - in this case a place for discussing unfinalised topics. Coding standards are a key part of the pre-planning section of this project. All people who write code for this project need to have their say in this matter as it affects them.

If only managers are allowed to create topics please ask Wildhoney to make you a moderator so you have complete control. However if this is the way things will continue to be handled count me out of the whole thing.