I'm not sure this is the highest-integrity comment to say, but I think we can all be honest with ourselves and admit a ONCE-IN-16-YEARS milestone like this for a genuine pillar of our community ought to get a pass when the rule-fudging is of such a harmless, totally unoffensive nature.
I think at one point when the Discussion Boards were updated the counter reset, I dunno. I've been around since 2008 so of course I have more posts than the wiki itself could probably count.
