We in the esteemed Mod and Admin groups have discussed the proposed cleaning up of said threads and it has been deemed important and the plan has been put into effect. We call it "Shock and Awe, Too Bad About the OTA Update." Thanks for the great idea!
Since they have all been merged, and this thread isn't really geared toward the OTA thread but more toward the lack of aforementioned thread, which is actually now in existance, I am going to close this one down.
But for everyone who had the bright idea of having one consolidated thread:
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