# Moving posts into an existing topic doesn't keep chronology

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [October 21, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392 "2014-10-21T23:45:42Z")
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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: [February 3, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392/20 "2017-02-03T23:14:18Z")

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I guess my larger point is that none of these options is “correct” so either behavior will be objected to by someone.

Pick your poison?

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