# Changing the TimeStamp of a Post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-timestamp-of-a-post/75004>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017年十一月29日 10:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-timestamp-of-a-post/75004 "2017-11-29T10:03:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [2019年一月31日 22:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-timestamp-of-a-post/75004/4 "2019-01-31T22:36:29Z")

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I would like to create a new wiki post and change the timestamp so it moves to the top, as @codinghorror mentioned should eventually be possible. We would use the wiki post to summarize long topics. (Ours is a high-value group and doing ‘real work’ is not an issue.)

> [@Summarize this Topic → Write a Summary for this Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460/2):
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> You can already sort of do that… either: edit the first post to include the summary edit the second post to be a summary Or, eventually: add another post and then manually. as staff, change the date on it so it sorts under the first post (not currently possible, but I think it should be) The problem is that writing a real summary is real work by real human beings and is very unlikely to get done unless the human being or the topic is exceptional. Having a machine summarize the topic by wr…

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