After the upgrade - post issues here

can someone inform me why we need :
- similar threads (see the informative 'related' ? results)
- tags for this thread
- view tags cloud
- bookmarks
- contact us
- Excletip.com
- Archive
- forum ruls for the umpth time in a window in the subwindow 'posting permissions'

and why we can't
- minimize 'similar threads'
- minimize 'tags for this thread'
- minimize 'bookmarks'