Tiger, It can and most likley will be done with a thread merge function that the moderators will have. In the meantime a little education would help stem the flow of multiple threads on the same topic.

Additionally being able to search within a thread as we could on the old system can't be to far off in our future here. That feature would also help people find what they are looking for without having to ask again. Now if people are to lazy to look, that is another discussion altogether.