# 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:** [2016 年 8 月 30 日午後 4:56 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")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [2018 年 7 月 24 日午前 3:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444/8 "2018-07-24T03:52:50Z")

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Why not just edit the first post in the topic to clean it up on their behalf, then delete the second post?

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