# Admin, split topic. Limited by new user daily limit

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-split-topic-limited-by-new-user-daily-limit/128956>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-split-topic-limited-by-new-user-daily-limit/128956 "2019-09-18T22:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-split-topic-limited-by-new-user-daily-limit/128956/1 "2019-09-18T22:10:08Z")

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A new user asked a different question latter in the same topic after they accepted a post as the solution.

As an admin I answered the question, but realized it was a good question and so was going to split the topic.

As admin I choose the question and answer post and then when I clicked `Move to new topic`, was presented with

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/3/536f936a98634c38f2591b9e591e2213dbd03ec7.png)

Is this a bug or by design?

My view is that even as an admin I should be allowed to exceed the new user daily limit.

EDIT

While the message was still active, I went in as admin to `Settings - Rate Limits - max topics in first day` and bumped it from 3 (default) to 7. After than I clicked `Move to New Topic` and it worked as expected.

Nice job on allowing admin changes to take effect during a admin action. I know the pages are stateless, but it is nice to see it in action. Maybe you could use that one for a demo.

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