Posted by Dr. Bob on April 10, 2004, at 17:22:47
In reply to Re: Move Threads Rather than Posts » shar, posted by Snowie on April 10, 2004, at 14:46:48
> If you feel a thread belongs in a different forum, rather than move only one post from the entire thread to a different forum, why not move the entire thread?
Really just because that would take more time.
> 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"...
> if you can't move an entire thread or at least catch it early on, you might as well let the thread run its course in the forum in which it was first posted, whether or not it belonged there in the first place.
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> SnowieI know it can be confusing, sorry, but IMO, better late than never.
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> what if a thread that contains good information about Effexor withdrawal ends in a turn about 'just have faith.'
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> Should it go on Babble or Faith?
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> SharWhat I do in a situation like that is keep the posts about Effexor on Babble and move the one about faith to Faith.
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> when ... only one post from the thread has been moved, I can't respond to someone else's post from the original thread
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> SnowieYou can follow the link to the new board and post a reply there...
True, you can't use the "add name of previous poster" box to flag it for the original poster, but you can add their name to the subject line manually...
And you can't use the "include above post" button to quote their post, but it's possible to do that manually, too. Start a reply to their post on the old board and copy the quoted text, but don't submit a reply there. Instead, go to the redirected post, reply to it, and paste in the quoted text.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...
Bob
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