# Moving a topic to another category doesn't propagate

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 30, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742 "2016-03-30T03:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742/4 "2016-03-30T17:15:02Z")

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It is a “transaction” type of thing.

Similar to when a member makes a poorly formatted post, the tries to edit it.  
If at the same time a Mod fixes it before the member finishes the Mod fix will be replaced with the member fix when they Save.

I think most times the chances of more than one working on a post / topic at the same time are rare. Though the problem has come up before, wiki edits in particular.

I know databases can lock transactions, but I don’t know how it could be dealt with here.

I have seen it suggested to prevent further topic replies if another is in the process of replying, which I think is a poor idea.

But it might be nice to have on a per post level.

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