Ok, I looked back at what I wrote, and I can see how I didn't properly clarify what happened. I was actually a bit confused too.
I merged posts from 2 different users, when that happened, I chose circusboy to be the author of the merged posts, that DID happen (it is now post #7 in this thread). Unfortunately, I think it took a timestamp later than the intended first post in the merged threads (my intention was to have post #7 stay as post #1 with circusboy as the author). Benny26, I believe, was the first person to reply in the original thread concerning this topic, so when the original first post got its timestamp changed to the timestamp of the post I merged with it, it got dropped down the list. So, since Benny26 now has the earliest reply, he becomes the starter, even though that isn't how it happened originally.
So I'll accept the blame for all this confusion, merging threads isn't terribly new to me, I've merged a lot. But I've never attempted moving a thread to a new forum (can no longer merge between forums afaik), merging 2 threads, editing a poll, and merging comments from 2 different users all at once.
Also, circusboy01, in an email notification you get the originally submitted text... A lot of times, with my posts, I'll post and then see something and quickly edit. For example this post has been edited 3x now, but since I'm doing it within 5 minutes, it won't show up as edited in the bottom of this post. So, you should read what is actually on the boards too, because there might be additional information.