When I was a moderator, I wished for it on at least a dozen occasions. Yes, I know about creating a thread under my own name and moving all the posts to it. It is sort of strange to have the opening post be the last post in the thread though.
jm7 |------------> | From: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Kathryn Marks <[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | To: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Bernd Machenschalk <[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Cc: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |<[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Date: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |11/01/2011 08:02 AM | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Subject: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Re: [boinc_dev] Feature request: moderation tools - move post to newly created thread | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Sent by: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |<[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| As a moderator, I'm all for it. On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Bernd Machenschalk < [email protected]> wrote: > The way I usually do this as a moderator is to create a new target thread, > the message being "moved here from ...", and then move the original post. > > If wanted, one could then hide the moderation post that created the > thread. This doesn't, however, change the thread creator, which might not > be such > a bad thing. > > But I agree that having a single moderation button / form for this purpose > would simplify this a lot. > > Best, > Bernd > > > On 28.10.11 17:02, Carola Tralau wrote: > > Moderation tools currently only allow posts to be moved between existing > > threads. > > > > It is a very common occurance however, that people post their question > into > > the first thread they find (usually news). > > The moderators are then faced with the question where to move that post > to - > > as a question it would be best if it stood on its own. It would > therefore be > > very useful if the ability to move into a newly started thread was added. > > Thread originator would be the writer of the moved post and the moderator > > would have to come up with a thread title. > > > > Carola > > _______________________________________________ > > boinc_dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > -- ~Kathryn _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
