# Duplicate post when splitting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-post-when-splitting/127710>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-post-when-splitting/127710 "2019-09-05T16:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-post-when-splitting/127710/4 "2019-09-07T10:35:22Z")

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Why would it be beneficial to have a duplicate, it should remain with whichever posts it’s relevant to. If it’s relevant to both why would you be splitting to begin with?

Replies can be quoted, directly linked and embedded into topics, there’s never a good reason to duplicate in this manner.

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