How do I get a discussion back on track?

Several weeks ago, I started a discussion on how to install / run Windows (and other software) on my late-model Mac and also to do other related things.
I started receiving reply messages that appeared to be helpful tips from a couple of people in the forum. Then the people posting these messages got into a disagreement with e
ach other, and each started claiming that the other was giving out (allegedly) misleading advice. I was concerned because (1: I did not know which person to believe, having never tried to run Windows on a late-model Mac before; and (2: these quarreling people seemed to want to argue with each other and not respect the intent of the discussion thread I started.
This made me wonder: what recourse does an individual forum user, typically just seeking technical information/advice, if someone else comes along and pollutes your thread with counter-productive (or otherwise irrelevant) hostility? Is there a way to report this?
I would like to get my discussion back on track, but have no idea how to do it.

I think you said it best yourself on the earlier thread. I would have marked my own reply as solving the question then as CCC and rccharles have already suggested  start a new thread .
"Folks, I'm sure all of this debating is fascinating and means a great deal to you.
It does not mean anything to be. It is only vaguely relevant to the issues I raised in the Original Post here. If you want to out-geek each other on this issue, please start your own private discussion.
If you want to get back to discussing the issues I raised, that's great. This argument doesn't help me."

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