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- Scratchy697
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Scratcher
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Redirect merged topics
I forgot this topic existed, just remembered, bump
Last edited by Scratchy697 (Jan. 11, 2021 05:22:29)
- Scratchy697
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
I forgot this topic existed, just remembered, bump
- NotDucki_
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
I even forgot this topic existed.. I already said support though, but I might add on to why.
The wiki has the ability to redirect you to the same topic if you search it through different keywords, so it should be possible to redirect merged topics.
The wiki has the ability to redirect you to the same topic if you search it through different keywords, so it should be possible to redirect merged topics.
- the2000
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Scratcher
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Redirect merged topics
Support, blank pages are weird when merging makes much more sense. What if it even sent you to the first merged post of the topic? That would be a cool idea 
- Ihatr
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Scratcher
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Redirect merged topics
There's absolutely no reason as to why this shouldn't be implemented, as it's something that really has no drawbacks and just provides an easier way to access topics.
For Example, the Inspect Element thread was one I used to post on quite a bit. It turned out that a user had created a thread before, but it had way less discussion. So, the thread was merged. It took me over 10 minutes to find the new thread as I never opened the link to the old thread, and the new thread was 403'd. It was a huge pain.
So, this would be a great implementation and I see no reason as to why this shouldn't be implemented.
(on a side note, would it be difficult to add the redirect once the topic is merged since that's something you have to do through the post's code?)
For Example, the Inspect Element thread was one I used to post on quite a bit. It turned out that a user had created a thread before, but it had way less discussion. So, the thread was merged. It took me over 10 minutes to find the new thread as I never opened the link to the old thread, and the new thread was 403'd. It was a huge pain.
So, this would be a great implementation and I see no reason as to why this shouldn't be implemented.
(on a side note, would it be difficult to add the redirect once the topic is merged since that's something you have to do through the post's code?)
- NotDucki_
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
(on a side note, would it be difficult to add the redirect once the topic is merged since that's something you have to do through the post's code?)I wouldn't think so at least. It could work like how the random domains Scratch owns work- it redirects to the main site (in this case, topic)- which is what the OP is stating..
- Scratchy697
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
bump
Sorry, you have to wait 60 seconds between posts.
Sorry, you have to wait 60 seconds between posts.
- fdreerf
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
ScratchDB did a reindex a while ago which means all posts that give a 403 before then are lost forever. Now, it's way harder to find where topics have been merged to and this is a problem as there are a few topics in the Directory that have been merged with something else and I'd like to know what.
Last edited by fdreerf (Feb. 26, 2021 12:40:18)
- NotDucki_
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Redirect merged topics
ScratchDB did a reindex a while ago which means all posts that give a 403 before then are lost forever. Now, it's way harder to find where topics have been merged to and this is a problem as there are a few topics in the Directory that have been merged with something else and I'd like to know what.You have
"[colour] support for [color] tags in the forums“ merged with ”Colour or Color? Complete Support So Far!", right?
Best way to find out if a topic was merged is to just Ocular the keywords. The purge was probably because of the open api allowing ocular to see dustbinned topics.