# Journal Plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/journal-plugin/317785
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** pavilion, broken, experimental
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/journal-plugin/317785 "2024-07-23T09:04:50Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/journal-plugin/317785/10 "2024-07-29T08:48:00Z")

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> [@angus](#):
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> The answer will depend on how you’ve set up this automated topic splitting system.

It’s a core feature

> [@Linked topics (splitting and managing megatopics)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linked-topics-splitting-and-managing-megatopics/168992):
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> I’ve just [merged a feature](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1476e17c354bc30e23485d921bdb9a9feb35adca) which creates a new linked topic automatically when a topic is auto-closed based on auto close topics post count site setting. This feature is especially useful for automatically splitting and managing [megatopics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-megatopic-public-good-or-public-menace/85592). Here’s how it works Let’s say auto close topics post count setting is set to 10000 posts and a topic (with title “Introduce yourself!”) just reached that limit. Now we’ll close that topic and create a new linked topic to continue the discussion. The first …

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