I can only guess that lack of active participation at the time when the "new member" status was introduced resulted in your account being defaulted to that level. Positive engagement with the community is the best tip I can give you for gaining promotion to full membership. (This typically means that whining and/or begging will have the opposite effect too. So get on and show us what you might have to give - this is all explained in the attitude which new users must explicitly accept when they sign up to the Nexus.)
If you have a browse of the welcome area, you should be able to find an explanation of the protocol for referring to posts in areas in which you do not yet have posting rights. Basically, just start a thread here if you've searched thoroughly and failed to find an equivalent topic in the WA.
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