# 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:** [October 27, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-into-an-existing-topic-doesnt-keep-chronology/21392/37 "2021-10-27T20:20:30Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Pick your poison?

We are adding a “pick your poison” option to merging posts in, so you can choose which wrong method is least wrong for your use cases. 😉

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