# Summarize this Topic → Write a Summary for this Topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015年二月20日 19:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460 "2015-02-20T19:10:31Z")
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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: [2015年二月21日 00:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-this-topic-write-a-summary-for-this-topic/25460/2 "2015-02-21T00:13:07Z")

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You can already sort of do that… either:

- edit the first post to include the summary
- edit the second post to be a summary

Or, eventually:

- add another post and then manually. as staff, change the date on it so it sorts under the first post (not currently possible, but I think it should be)

The problem is that writing a real summary is real work by real human beings and is very unlikely to get done unless the human being or the topic is exceptional.

Having a machine summarize the topic by writing is basically impossible..

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