As promised, here is the outcome of the Moderation Team's discussion of what do do with this situation.
First, here's our "Rule of Thumb" going forward:
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When creating a Front Page item from a topic that has already been posted on in the forums, where that preexisting post does not seem well suited to the Front Page, include in the Front Page item an acknowledgement, link to the earlier thread on the topic, and add a suggestion that discussion continue in the original thread as appropriate. Leave both the Front Page thread and the "earlier" one open for continued comments, this is to allow the ongoing discussion to continue in place, and also avoids having closed threads on the front page.
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This is, of course, a general policy, it's assumed that sometimes specific reasons will exist not to follow it exactly.
Whether or not a new thread is started for posting on the Front Page will continue to be decided at the discretion of the Editor/Moderator handling the Front Page posting, and will take into account a number of factors, including research done by the Editor/Moderator, the formatting and layout of the "original" post, etc. In general, Front Page items need to be developed enough that they present a good "face" to the rest of the world.
Turning to the particular case we've been discussing, I have added to the original Front Page item a link acknowledging the original post of the information, and re-opened the original thread.
The Moderation Team depends a great deal on MobileRead's members to bring things to our attention, as we simply
can't follow everything that goes on. Because we're aware of that, we want to properly acknowledge these efforts of our members.
We appreciate your patience while we worked out how best to deal with this.