# Hidden Split Topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 24, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-split-topics/92983 "2018-07-24T03:35:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhrmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@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")

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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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