# When a private message is moved to a new topic, the message’s author does not have the «Watching» notification level for the new topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-private-message-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-the-message-s-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/52243
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 30, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-private-message-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-the-message-s-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/52243 "2016-10-30T22:47:39Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-private-message-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-the-message-s-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/52243/2 "2018-07-18T06:50:32Z")

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I think this is enough to track it…

> [@When a post is moved to a new topic by a moderator, the moved post's author is not «Watching»](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/51779):
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> When a post is moved to a new topic by a moderator, the moved post’s author does not have the «Watching» notification level the new topic. Also happens when moving out of messages

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