# Redirect / convert post from Pending Approval to Direct Message?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** approval
**Created:** [November 19, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781 "2015-11-19T05:55:32Z")
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### Author: ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781/10 "2016-06-06T22:05:01Z")

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No, not yet.

Also related:

> [@Change a new Pending Post to a comment on an existing topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-new-pending-post-to-a-comment-on-an-existing-topic/41153/):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Redirect / convert post from Pending Approval to Direct Message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781): Sometimes the “new” topic really belongs as a comment on an existing thread. Right now all I can do is login as them, and re-post their comment… it would be nice to move the pending message to an existing topic.

One day, someone smarter than me will turn their attention to the [Approval](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/approval) feature set, and I’ll save a bunch of time!

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