Merge Topics Bug?

[Steve]

I tried to merge this topic:

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=581906.0

and this topic:

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=576301.0

and got this error:

Merge topics requires at least two topics to merge.

Bug or something else?

[edit] link fixed --Illori

[Diego Andrés]

Perhaps is because the topic is pending approval?

[Arantor]

You should be able to merge even unapproved topics if you are the merger have permission to approve posts in the board where the target topic will end up.

[Diego Andrés]

I noticed the first post is linking to a different topic that the intended one, it's supposed to be this one:
https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=581906.0

Not that it makes any difference I suppose.

[Arantor]

Also, I'm not sure merging things into mod threads is necessarily a good idea? Though I haven't seen the code for the new mod site - but in the old mod site Bad Things could happen if this were done incorrectly.

[Diego Andrés]

Tried locally with no issues, shows up as an unapproved post in the mod topic, so no clues at the moment.

[Illori]

When you go to merge the 2 topics it only shows you one topic to merge. It should have 2 topics here instead of one. You cannot view this attachment.

[Arantor]

Do you have permission to merge topics in the relevant board? The mod board's permissions are special IIRC.

[Illori]

Looks like I do.

[Steve]

Thanks for the correction Diego. The one you linked to is actually the one I tried to merge with the other my first post. And I tried merging in either direction, i.e. starting with https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=581906.0 and when that didn't work I tried it the other way, starting with https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=576301.0 ... same error.

[Steve]

Perhaps is because the topic is pending approval?

Apparently the topic must be approved first. I approved it and the merge went without a hitch.