# Automatic Second-Post Wiki?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [26.Сентябрь.2017 09:43:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-second-post-wiki/70791 "2017-09-26T09:43:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![robmc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmc/32/125900_2.png) [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Post date:** [26.Сентябрь.2017 10:01:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-second-post-wiki/70791/2 "2017-09-26T10:01:54Z")

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> [@DiscourseDude](#):
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> insert a post into the second slot of a topic and then make it a wiki?

This is an interesting issue that I have faced too. I am not sure about the idea of the “Second Post Wiki” being the solution however.

The issue I have, which I presume is the same for you, is where a user creates a `New Topic` with a long, interesting and varied post. The answer to this MIGHT be to create a wiki post, but the admin (or person suggesting this solution) isn’t always the first to reply.

It means that the original post either needs to be completely re-written to present the issue and store the ‘wiki’ information, or a whole new thread needs to be started. Without asking a member to do a lot of work, Admins are required to write the post as a reply, add the initial content, move this to a new thread and then re-assign the post to the original member (who may not understand how the admins have posted on their behalf).

Would it not be easier to re-organise some threads so that any post in a thread (particularly for wikis) could be made to “jump to top”. I realise that this messes with the clean post-in-order format, but it isn’t hugely different to showing the content of a `reply` or `in response to` post out of order.

“Jump to top” could also be useful in the case of new threads being started by moving an existing post into a new thread. Unfortunately some “off-topic” replies that need to be moved are sometimes worth keeping, but do not make sense as the first post of a new thread without context. It would be good to be able to write a brief “this is the issue” post that could then be made to appear at the top for new readers.

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