How would that work? Click on FreeRepublic and be linked to an explanation?
They could post it at the top the same way they posted the links to videos or the FReepathon ticker.
Most sites have the ability to make a thread that stays on the top of the list or “sticks” there, thus the term sticky thread.
The point of a sticky thread is to put information for all members to read that won’t drop off the first page as new posts are added.
A thread from the moderator illuminating when vanity posts are appropriate would an example of posible sticky thread topic.