Okay, then. Then how about posting on the article first with the standard "this is the article section" stuff and an "I'm send you a conversation too" message, then send them a message. That way other members will see it and the author will not get bombarded.
I was just going to ask if threads could be reassigned. I guess this also means that we would have to download all images and attachments to our computer, the upload them to the to the thread? I would be willing to do this, though I think the better solution is to point the author to the correct...
I have started an article conversation and a Google sheet. If anyone wants to help sort through the members pages just let me know and I will add you to the conversation.