(Seemingly wrong) order of moderated posts by same user

Two of a new user’s posts were held for moderation.

I approved the second, later one before approving the first, earlier one. (The second one appeared at the top of the screen and I didn’t read the first one until later.)

What I expected - the posts would appear in the topic in the order that they were submitted.

What happened - the two posts appear out of order (ie in the order that they were approved).

Is there any way of reordering these two posts?

Thanks.

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I don’t think there’s a way through the UI without doing the split/merge or copy/paste dance, but there is a rake task that could do it if you have server access (and are comfortable performing them). Here’s an example of it, and also how it could be adapted to target a specific topic:

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