# Unfortunately I had to pull the plug **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [May 12, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508 "2019-05-12T13:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 97
**Author:** ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508/97 "2019-06-18T00:29:48Z")
On the Tomnod forum we decided that topics with many replies be broken down by year… having the topic name preceded with the year. A couple have been broken down into “quarters” or every 3-months. This has made a big difference by not having to scroll forever and a day. In almost all cases, a reference link is inserted by the moderator back to the previous topic (with the same name but an earlier date. The "old"topic also has a link to the newer topic as the last entry, then that topic is closed. In 4 years no one has complained. Of course, a search query will point one to whichever “dated” topic(s) is/are relevant. Just one possibility to think about. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508)._