Actually, it would be in our General Credit Forum. A similar subject was discussed for personal loans ie Prosper and banking type questions. As the demand increases or more posts regarding this subject overwhelm the Gen Credit Forum, I'm sure it will be addressed again.
Thank you for the suggestion.
Would those in support of this provide some examples of such?
- Credit education in general: this forum is already one of the top resources for that
- Retirement / financial planning: There are tons of sites which focus on this specifically: is this just a community thing or is there something the Fidelity's / Schwab's / Motley Fool's, etc ad naseum's of the world aren't providing?
I see credit building / rebuilding as age agnostic personally, much as the FICO algorithm does; however, if there's a compelling reason that my front-side-of-40-self isn't seeing we'll be happy to bring it up to the administration.
Thom,
Which sites have you looked at?
What you suggest may or may not be handled well in other areas, but when it comes down to it retirement planning is more a matter of financial management than anything else (at least in my opinion) and that's far outside the typical discussion area we have here. Granted we occasionally get a thread on Smorgasboard or elsewhere on it that does get some reasonable commentary and advice on it, but that is a small volume I think? Agreed it will be a more popular topic over time, but given the amount of disclaimers I see on the sites I visit (Motley Fool, Seeking Alpha, others) I really doubt FICO would want to get into that.
My personal opinion is that it's better to use multiple excellent sites, rather than a single source for things; also, at least in the past we've often suggested that one's credit strategies must be tailored to the individual as everyone has an individual credit report and individual finances, I don't think that the recommendations typically found here necessarily don't work for retirees: building or rebuilding a credit report is pretty independant of age, and financial capacity simply allows one to shortcut some of the more annoying aspects of the early stages of building a credit report.
I guess what it comes down to, is everyone on this forum who regularly participates in the discussions here spends a non-trivial amount of time learning about credit: establishment, maintenance, and management. I'd ask whether it makes sense to create a more "approachable" retirement forum, or whether it would behoove folks to make a similar investment of time in learning some of the personal financial instruments when it comes to establishment, maintenance, and management of one's wealth?
If it does, and personally I think it absolutely should be done, is this really the right forum for it? Otherwise am I blatantly missing something here which does happen? 
Edit: I re-read your post, I guess I'm confused on the issue of how credit cards impact retirement, or how rebuilding would be different unless people are expecting to die in the next 2ish years which is off by something like an order of magnitude or more for most boomers. Given that the clock resets on a credit report in 10 years anyway for virtually everyone doesn't seem like there'd be a difference on time horizons?
The differences between traditional vs. Roth IRA, and now 401K's, and other tax-advantaged accounts, or maximizing your social security benefits (which is absurdly complicated if one is married), you're correct that the subject can get complex quickly if we're talking transitioning one's finances, but the basics are pretty well laid out I think as it mostly comes down to tax rates, and managing social security and making certain you have enough income or asset growth to last for your expected lifespan. The community here honestly isn't likely as savvy as many others out there today on those topics.
Personally I see it's completely outside the scope of this forum and I do think there are others that do it well but knocking on 40 I've admittedly not really looked into it in detail.
I'll post a link this thread in the admin forum as maybe the FICO folks would be interested in something like this, I'm just struggling to see it personally.
