# Hidden Split Topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983 "2018-07-24T03:35:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/1 "2018-07-24T03:35:10Z")
Please create a new feature that hides the public link at the bottom of a split thread if the topic has been split to a forum visible only to staff and moderators.
In my community, we split off comments that derail the topic discussion into a staff-only forum for tracking, rather than deleting posts. However, in Discourse, it not only shows the public the name of the new split thread in the staff-only forum but also provides a link to the thread. To me, this information at the bottom of a linked thread makes highly visible topic moderation that need not be. If this information were visible only to staff, I would be okay with it; however, it is currently public.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/2 "2018-07-24T03:49:20Z")
You can always delete that link at the bottom of the original topic after splitting the post. No need to keep it there.
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### Author:  [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/3 "2018-07-24T04:05:47Z")
If I delete the link to the hidden forum will the link still show as a hidden post when it is deleted or will it be invisible to the public?
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/4 "2018-07-24T04:06:42Z")
Non-staff do not see the “View 1 hidden posts” except when using thread filtering settings (in which case it’s only counting non-deleted posts). It’s suggested you have a non-staff alternate account to test this kind of thing yourself.
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### Author:  [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/5 "2018-07-24T04:13:41Z")
Okay. I was able to verfy this was the case. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983/6 "2018-08-23T04:13:54Z")
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