I know it has been asked/discussed before. I believe my use case is legitimate, but perhaps not wide spread enough to mandate devs implementing a new feature, so I’m hoping for the next best suggestion from experts here … happy with the Rails console too if someone points me to the functions and cal…

[image] nordize: As an admin, can I change the author of a post to any specific user using the GUI? Yes. Admin wrench > Change ownership. [image] Changing ownership of posts Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to change the ownership of pos…

[image] NateDhaliwal: Yes. Admin wrench > Change ownership. Darn, I just came back to delete that part of the post after just seeing the Change Ownership command. For the record, I’m interested in copying the revisions of each post as well (clarified now in the OP above), basically a full co…

[image] nordize: TC A Theme Component. [image] nordize: I know I created new topics in the past via the API, though I’m not trying to create a new topic here, but duplicate all posts (with revisions) as replies to an existing topic. I don’t think that’s possible then. Perhaps this sho…

[image] NateDhaliwal: I don’t think that’s possible then. Perhaps this should be in Feature . I mean the split/merge topic functionality would fundamentally be the same, just that the old topic would not be deleted … that’s really all i’d need :slight_smile: Anyone proficient with Rails for D…

It would take a plulgin to duplicate the topic and its revisions. But then what if one or the other topics keeps making revisions? I think the thing to do is start the topic in the secret place discuss it, edit it, when it’s ready to be made public, you wrench, select posts, select the OP/first …

I agree, the link can always be on the lower trust topic will be on the higher trust topic if the Opening Post isn’t split. If the trust’s were the other way round that would be problem, but make sense with the trust system

@pfaffman thanks for chipping in. The old topic is closed already and we want to keep it where it is for various reasons (record keeping notwithstanding). I’m aware of the split topic feature, but it’s not what I want. What I really want is the split topic without the deletion of old topic. I’m awa…

ah, you want to post revisions of the Opening Post to be in the lower trust topic

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tobiaseigen (Tobias Eigen) November 3, 2025, 7:26pm 10

Perhaps a crazy idea and I haven’t tested this, but perhaps the ActivityPub Plugin could work for you.

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