Moved Threads

Hi all,

I'm a big fan of having threads moved to the appropriate forum - most of the time the mover puts a link to its new location from the old forum it was in; but recently I've started noticing threads moving without those links and I was just wondering if this was an oversight or if there was a change in policy of how threads are moved?

simple example - I posted a reply to someone who had posted a thread in the OS forum about wifi issues. The thread did belong in the wireless networking/airport forum, but no biggie, not like I can move it. I posted, went back to check it, and the thread was gone. It had been moved to the wireless forum, but there was no referring link like there normally would be with a shifted post. . .

Redirects are usually added to threads that are moved.
These are not permanent and can only last for a little as an hour or less.

In the case you are referring to, the thread was given a redirect. However, it was found to be a third-time crosspost of the same issue by the same author, so it was moved again.
The original redirect would be null by that point.

Ah, gotchya, it was the only one I knew of off the top of my head to refer to - it's possible the other ones that I had noticed recently were multiple cross/redirects as I've seen it more on new posters then older members (the only reason some stand out is 'cause I notice them missing in a short period of time since I tend to refresh the page frequently during the day when I'm not out fixing something)

I've done the same several times. The crossposts area easy to see when they're done at the same time, not so easy if they're done hours or days apart.

So, initially may move a thread to the correct forum only to discover the member had asked the same question in other threads they created 2 days ago or a week ago. Instead of continuing in the same thread, they just make a new one.

I'll send a PM with a link to the location of the single thread to the thread starter, but sorry, not to all the respondents.