If you close and still make accessable, that's cool.
Might want to think about doing this on a yearly basis anyway.
This would be a new thread for 2005 and it could start on Jan 1, 2005, so the most recent stuff would still be there for the commenting.
For folks like me, who have marked our favorite photos, please don't chop the other thread into little bits. It will kill all my bookmarks.