Ability to convert message to topic?

[tobiaseigen]

Not sure if this has come up before but no combination of search terms pulled it up.

It would be helpful if admins and moderators had access to an admin function to convert a private message between a few people or within a group into a full blown topic in a category. This can be very useful on our site where many great conversations start in private.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

I believe the opposite request has been made a fair bit, to convert a public message to a private one.

[tobiaseigen]

I think this has actually been done now - it’s possible to move a whole (private) message thread into a (public/community) topic.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Not that I’m aware of. This isn’t “move” it is “convert”.

[tobiaseigen]

What’s the difference?

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

From a filesystem perspective, the difference between a copy of a file, and renaming a file…

[tobiaseigen]

Sorry, still not getting it. Functionally I don’t see the difference, but maybe it doesnt matter.

We are able to take a private conversation public which is awesome. Problem solved.

[techAPJ (Arpit Jalan)]

This feature is now available:

Convert a private message to public topic or vice versa

I just pushed a commit that adds a button (visible to staff) to admin wrench to make a topic public or private message. Convert public topic to private message: [screen shot 2016-05-02 at 20 56 52] Small action post indicating that public topic is converted to private message: [screen shot 2016-05-02 at 21 02 10] Convert private message to public topic: [screen shot 2016-05-02 at 21 20 29] Small action post indicating that private message is converted to public topic: [screen shot 20…