Way to indicate posts that came from merged thread?

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

Would there be a way to indicate or mark certain posts that came from a merged thread?

 

Reason I ask is because there was confusion when a recent thread was merged with a previously existing and prevailing thread and the comments from the merged thread did not match the tone, context, or topic of the prevailing thread. That resulted in a lot of confusion for the prevailing topic creator, a lot of deleted posts, and a lot of red on the screen.

 

Thread where this came up http://mlpforums.com...340#entry524154

 

Would there be a way to remedy this or is this a non-issue?

Edited July 5, 2012 by Doctor XFizzle

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526]

There's no way to indicate that posts came from a merged thread. What happens during a merge is that all posts from the child thread are moved into the parent thread, the child thread is destroyed, and all posts in the parent thread (now including the new ones) are re-ordered by post ID (so, in chronological order).

 

It may result in some initial confusion, but merged threads are usually similar enough that posts in each mesh together closely enough for it to be non-issue.

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

On a side note, if you do encounter multiple posts saying "there's already a thread for this", report one of them and we'll be there to clean it up, as otherwise it devolves into off-topic (essentially spam) arguments, as seen on that thread in which you've linked.

[Yellow Diamond 7,567]

The best we can do is make a post once the threads have been merged. It's certainly not as clean as some sort of default indicator, but it normally does the trick.

[Parties like Pinkie 385]

and all posts in the parent thread (now including the new ones) are re-ordered by post ID (so, in chronological order).

 

So does that mean that there'd be two posts marked "#1" or that it's ordered by date and time it was posted?

(never been in merged thread)

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526]

So does that mean that there'd be two posts marked "#1" or that it's ordered by date and time it was posted?

(never been in merged thread)

 

They're just ordered by post date/time. The numbers you see on a post are not the post ID - they're generated on the fly to show how far along into a thread a post is. To see a post's actual ID number, look closely at the URL that the #1 or whatever is linked to; the part after the hash in the URL is the ID number.

[Parties like Pinkie 385]

They're just ordered by post date/time. The numbers you see on a post are not the post ID - they're generated on the fly to show how far along into a thread a post is. To see a post's actual ID number, look closely at the URL that the #1 or whatever is linked to; the part after the hash in the URL is the ID number.

 

Like yours is #entry524244?

[NavelColt 22,879]

Maybe the guy who merges it can bold underline, etc their little input that says 'topics merged' or whatever, like some mods do. As some seem to miss it

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526]

Like yours is #entry524244?

 

524244. You'll never see "#entry" in a number, and the post ID is a number.

 

Posts on the site get an ID number in the order that they are made. So that post was the 524244th time someone clicked the "Post" button. I just pointed out that this number is what IP.Board uses to decide how to order posts in a topic.

[Parties like Pinkie 385]

524244. You'll never see "#entry" in a number, and the post ID is a number.

 

Posts on the site get an ID number in the order that they are made. So that post was the 524244th time someone clicked the "Post" button. I just pointed out that this number is what IP.Board uses to decide how to order posts in a topic.

 

Okay thanks! I am no longer confused about one of the many subjects that circle around in my mind!

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

Fair enough, it works for me if it works for you.

 

MLP Forums is confused!

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MLP Forums used <attack name>!

 

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Can't a moderator leave a note on the first post of what is being moved and additionally leave the usual message at the end informing people that it was moved.

Edited July 5, 2012 by Lady Rarity Pony