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[Adron]

Perhaps some admin should create a forum for classic threads and copy this there :-)

Well, if there was a "copy thread" function... Or is there?

[Skywing]

Perhaps some admin should create a forum for classic threads and copy this there :-)

Well, if there was a "copy thread" function... Or is there?

You could split threads and move them to a new forum, then re-merge them there.

[Adron]

Wouldn't that still move the thread?

[Grok]

Wouldn't that still move the thread?

I think you can put a reference to a topic inside a forum, and the topic would coexist in both forums, yet exist physically only once.  This was possible before the current MySQL version because they used files.  With the MySQL version, I'm guessing we just need to create a topic id entry in the forum where we want it to appear.  This is speculation since I've not looked at the tables.  But if true, we could add a button to the 'move this thread' page for "just make reference in new forum".

[Adron]

What would happen when someone removed one of the topics though? It would make more sense to me to duplicate the actual data, unless you feel like implementing reference counting for the datas..

[iago]

What would happen when someone removed one of the topics though? It would make more sense to me to duplicate the actual data, unless you feel like implementing reference counting for the datas..

If you're going to delete one, they should both die.  If you had just wanted it on a single thread, you should have moved it..

Or perhaps make it like a windows shortcut, or a unix link (or whatever), where it's obviously a shortcut and deleting the shortcut does nothing to the original thread.

[Adron]

If you're going to delete one, they should both die.  If you had just wanted it on a single thread, you should have moved it..

Well, the idea would be to leave the post in the original forum, in case it's wanted there. But then later if the moderator there happens to delete it, I would want the copy to still remain where it was.

[Grok]

We'd have to add code to the topic removal code to count the number of references, and only call the delete replies and delete topic procedures when the reference count was 1.

[iago]

Or you can make a direct copy of it with a new id and a new set of posts.

But Grok's idea is the best.

[MrRaza]

Anyway, I have heard of your program before. I saw it on some forum somewhere, I think it was www.battleforums.com. And I can't find a resonable link on google.

[hismajesty]

Alright. I'll translate the response back to Bladish, since it's clear this guy doesn't understand English at all.

no1 of us here know what tmk is but if u spent a week telling us about it wed get it so why dont u write ur own or something because we dont know where to get this program u talked about and oh yeah when u dont use periods we cant understand u so if u could like talk better maybe we could help out easier thx rofl cya gl hf ttyl lol!

oMg u 4gat 2 mspelL sOmEa da woRdz

[Etheran]

ahhh kids these days  

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

Alright. I'll translate the response back to Bladish, since it's clear this guy doesn't understand English at all.

no1 of us here know what tmk is but if u spent a week telling us about it wed get it so why dont u write ur own or something because we dont know where to get this program u talked about and oh yeah when u dont use periods we cant understand u so if u could like talk better maybe we could help out easier thx rofl cya gl hf ttyl lol!

oMg u 4gat 2 mspelL sOmEa da woRdz

wr0dz*

[hismajesty]

Alright. I'll translate the response back to Bladish, since it's clear this guy doesn't understand English at all.

no1 of us here know what tmk is but if u spent a week telling us about it wed get it so why dont u write ur own or something because we dont know where to get this program u talked about and oh yeah when u dont use periods we cant understand u so if u could like talk better maybe we could help out easier thx rofl cya gl hf ttyl lol!

oMg u 4gat 2 mspelL sOmEa da woRdz

wr0dz*

0mFg u GrAt sPeLLr srOrY

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

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