# Making posts into a reply (or vice-versa)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-posts-into-a-reply-or-vice-versa/190815
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-posts-into-a-reply-or-vice-versa/190815 "2021-05-18T15:57:57Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-posts-into-a-reply-or-vice-versa/190815/3 "2024-10-04T05:23:30Z")

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I just ran into this. User obviously aimed a reply at a specific post, but replied to the topic. The reply requires the context of the earlier post to make sense. It would be nice to be able to administratively “re-parent” the reply somehow.

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