I'll admit I was a bit miffed at first (since it appeared as if you had basically hijacked the thread) - however, the thread didn't serve its original purpose anymore, so "repurposing" it (with a bit of fiddling) seemed the right way to go. And I do appreciate your effort (using the search function, trying to avoid duplicating threads).
Nevertheless, I had to use a kludge because deleting a first post from a thread deletes the whole thread, and moderators can't re-date entries (which would enable us to create a new "first" post). I'll try to write up a bit of advice as to how to proceed in such a case - it would have been simpler to create a new thread and alert a moderator (you can pick me at any time for something like this) to weed out the orphaned and essentially empty thread.
Honestly, that's what happens when showcase threads are "themed" (i.e. thread purposes get mixed up) ...
M.