# Cannot merge first and second post in a topic even though both are written by the same author

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [30.Август.2016 16:56:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444 "2016-08-30T16:56:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [30.Август.2016 23:25:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444/3 "2016-08-30T23:25:39Z")

</div>

I don’t think that is in scope for this feature, as the first post is a bit special.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444)._