Posted by spoc on April 13, 2004, at 23:17:13
In reply to Re: Move Threads Rather than Posts, posted by Dr. Bob on April 10, 2004, at 17:22:47
As you state, people need to be aware of the "in reply to" link at the top of a post. Perhaps you could add something like this to the first post you move, or to the "post of combined posts" you sometimes use to deposit the redirect:
>>> Although people may change post titles within a thread, the original post in it will not have "RE:" included in the title. To ensure from anywhere that you are at the beginning of a thread, check the link that appears after "In reply to," and click it if "RE:" still precedes the title. <<<<
(Fun, distantly related fact: Once when I couldn't find a certain post title within a redirected thread, it ended up having been moved within one of your "combined posts," which I didn't know were used. Anyway, Babble/Google wasn't hitting the post I sought, even by keywords from its body....)
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> > if I were to see a post by itself that had been moved without the entire thread to explain its existence, I would have no idea where it came from>> You could click on the link to the post that it's "in reply to"...
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