Exactly. The "No Linking to Episodes" rule is a smart pre-caution. There are many websites that actually host tons Pokemon episodes, and they have no issues. Then again, that's still a pretty big risk.
I've really had no idea about what to do about those. I thought about merging them, but there would still be no replies. I think the big problem is that it's in the Episode Discussion forum. Maybe if we deleted those topics and made a new sticky in PA for general past series discussion it would get more exposure.