# Moving a Whisper Post as a New Topic produces unviewable/unclearable topic for users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [27.Сентябрь.2015 21:06:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809 "2015-09-27T21:06:20Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [27.Сентябрь.2015 21:06:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809/1 "2015-09-27T21:06:20Z")

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Okay, so I’m torn on this being a bug report, as it is just odd steps to take, so I leave the classification up to you.

Repo Steps:

1. Create a regular topic as a staff member
2. Reply using a Whisper Post
3. Use the wrench to select the whisper post (and only that post)
4. Choose Move to New Topic
5. Login as a regular user (TL 1)
6. See the topic title with a NEW badge
7. Click on Topic Title, see blank page
8. Go back, refresh, NEW badge remains and can’t be cleared.

Nitpicky, 100%, so call this more documentation of “doing something like this on a post that is meant for staff eyes only can produce a very weird result.”

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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: [27.Сентябрь.2015 21:15:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809/2 "2015-09-27T21:15:58Z")

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Yeah I think this might be a “well don’t do that, staff member” kind of thing.

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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: [27.Сентябрь.2015 22:10:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809/3 "2015-09-27T22:10:58Z")

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Agree, far prefer to focus our efforts around “last post in topic is whisper” weirdness.
