# When merging posts, likes of the posts being merged do not add up to the final post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-posts-likes-of-the-posts-being-merged-do-not-add-up-to-the-final-post/48918
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [20 أغسطس 2016، 10:55ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-posts-likes-of-the-posts-being-merged-do-not-add-up-to-the-final-post/48918 "2016-08-20T10:55:38Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [20 أغسطس 2016، 2:51م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-posts-likes-of-the-posts-being-merged-do-not-add-up-to-the-final-post/48918/2 "2016-08-20T14:51:12Z")

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تكرار لهذا:

> [@Transfer likes when moving a new topic into an existing one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-likes-when-moving-a-new-topic-into-an-existing-one/44234?u=erlend_sh):
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> I just noticed that when moving a topic (not a reply) into another topic that already existed, the moved topic will lose its likes. Here’s an actual example of a [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-everything-at-once/44126) that was [merged into an existing one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-manager-upgrade-all/33808/6). This happens because when we merge a topic into another one, we don’t actually move that topic, instead we close it and make a duplicate of it in the other topic. This inadvertently strips the topic of its likes. Could we: migrate the likes from the “moved” topic to the new post, and remov…

أتفق تمامًا على أن هذا يلامس حدود #contribute:bug، لأننا في الواقع نتسبب في فقدان البيانات.

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