# Keep tracking status when moving posts into new topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [25 maart 2018 om 20:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816 "2018-03-25T20:38:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [25 maart 2018 om 20:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816/1 "2018-03-25T20:38:57Z")

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It looks like when a user who replied in topic A has their post(s) moved to a new topic they are losing they are no longer tracking that topic (the new topic, that is). This is when they are not the OP of the new topic.

Wouldn’t it make sense to move/copy the tracking status to the new topic if they’ve had it in the old topic?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [26 maart 2018 om 22:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816/2 "2018-03-26T22:05:04Z")

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There is still a lot of residual weirdness when splitting topics; we have a fair bit left to work on here.

One thing I definitely resent is that posts I have already read in the original topic are marked unread in the new split topic they are moved to.

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [24 juni 2018 om 13:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816/3 "2018-06-24T13:36:57Z")

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Been running into this a lot lately. Adding a 👍 here for v2.1

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2019 om 10:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816/4 "2019-05-21T10:59:58Z")

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I believe this is now fixed @sam?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [26 mei 2019 om 23:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tracking-status-when-moving-posts-into-new-topic/83816/5 "2019-05-26T23:21:48Z")

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Not quite yet, @nbianca fixed the PM → PM case, but Topic → Topic is still a bit up in the air.