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--- Quote from: Chas Large ---If a Topic has been posted in a Board that does not relate to the subject, you can move the topic to a more appropriate Board. To move a Topic:

Go to the Topic that to be moved and select the Move Topic button. Upon clicking the button, you will see a page with several options, several different places and ways to move your topic. If you want to Post a redirection topic, check the box next to Post a redirection topic.

A redirection Topic includes - by default - the original name of the Topic along with a link to the Board it was moved to and a link to the newly moved topic. By default, redirection topics are locked. If you want to change the name of the Topic that is being moved, check the box next to Change the topic's subject. You will then see a field where you can enter a new subject. Doing that, you can also opt to make all of the posts' subjects match that of the new subject by checking the box next to Change every message's subject. Now all you have left to do is select the Board to move the Topic to and then select the Move Topic button.

Mass Moving Topics
If you run into a case where there are a lot of topics you would like to move out of a board you can mass move topics from one board to another board, by going to the message index of a board and using quick-moderation.

Before you're able to move multiple topics at the same time, you will need to enable checkboxes. Follow the directions below to enable checkboxes.

PROFILE > MODIFY PROFILE > LOOK AND LAYOUT

To the right of "Show quick-moderation on Message index as", you'll see a drop-down box. Click on that box and click on the option that says "checkboxes."

The Show quick-moderation as option has a drop-down box. Within that box select the checkboxes option. Now, go to the posts to be deleted and check the box in the upper right-hand corner of each Post that you wish to move. Upon checking the box on each individual post, scroll down to the bottom of the thread and you will see two dropdown boxes and a Go button. Select Move Selected To in the Left-Hand box then select the destination for the moved topics in the Right-Hand dropdown box. When your selections are complete, select the Go button.

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--- Quote from: Chas Large ---If a Topic has been posted in a Board that does not relate to the subject, you can move the topic to a more appropriate Board. To move a Topic:

Go to the Topic that to be moved and select the Move Topic button. Upon clicking the button, you will see a page with several options, several different places and ways to move your topic. If you want to Post a redirection topic, check the box next to Post a redirection topic.

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There's more capitalization in random places that needs to be fixed. :) Also, let's get rid of the colon (:) and merge the second paragraph with the first. There are some "you"s in there, too.

There are actually a lot of instances of "you." I'll let you fix those before I comment on the rest of the doc. :)

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Chas Large:
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--- Quote from: Chas Large ---If a topic has been posted in a board that does not relate to the subject it can be moved to a more appropriate board. Go to the topic and select the Move Topic button. A page with several options will appear offering different boards and ways to move the topic. If you want to post a redirection topic, check the box next to Post a redirection topic.

A redirection topic includes the original name of the topic along with a link to the board it was moved to and a link to the newly moved topic. By default, redirection topics are locked. If the subject of the topic requires changing, check the box next to Change the topic's subject. A field for a new subject will appear.

A further selection allows all the subjects of all of the posts' subjects to be changed as well. Check the box next to Change every message's subject. Now select the destination board and then select the Move Topic button.

Mass Moving Topics
It is also possible to mass move topics from one board to another by going to the message index of a board and using quick-moderation. In order to move multiple topics at the same time, checkboxes need to be enabled. Follow the directions below to enable checkboxes.

Profile > Modify Profile > Look and Layout

The Show quick-moderation as option has a drop-down box. Within that box select the checkboxes option and then select the Change Profile button.

Now, go to the posts to be moved and check the box in the upper right-hand corner of each post. Next scroll down to the bottom of the topic to the two dropdown boxes and a Go button. Select Move Selected To in the left-hand box, and select the destination for the moved topics in the right-hand dropdown box. When selections are complete, select the Go button.
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