# How to Split Topics? (using Discourse Forum) **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687 "2015-02-05T02:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tgauchat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/tgauchat/32/49516_2.png) [@tgauchat](https://community.smartthings.com/u/tgauchat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/1 "2015-02-05T02:35:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Foscam IP Camera Integration with SmartThings](http://community.smartthings.com/t/foscam-ip-camera-integration-with-smartthings/9865/44): > [@On another topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/9865/44): > > If @geko would have replied as a linked topic it would make things easier 🙂 > Not sure how to split/move part of the thread. Per [meta.discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-user-trust-levels-do/4924/7) (Is there a **Discourse** manual or just their own Forum??)… > Users at trust level 4 can… > edit all posts > pin/unpin topic > close topic > archive topic > make topic unlisted > **Split and merge topics** But I can’t find any step-by-step instructions on _ **how** to split_. Perhaps if you have the appropriate authority level, then you get a special menu option (or Keyboard Shortcut ?) while hovering over the Topic or ?. _I can’t believe there isn’t a manual for Discourse. What?_ Or some features are just in limbo… > **[Moving only part of a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-only-part-of-a-post/13284)** > > I’ve run into this problem a couple of times. Often people write posts that contain many parts: replies to multiple other posts, an answer to one question and a question of their own or basically anything that could just as well be split into two... But… [https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-better-admin-tool-for-topic/4455/6?u=cosmicpuppy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-better-admin-tool-for-topic/4455/6?u=cosmicpuppy) ---
**Author:** ![Tyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tyler](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Tyler)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/2 "2015-02-05T02:56:25Z")
Your trust level is 3, which I believe is the highest for a standard user role. I’m going to post below this and screenshot the options to split/merge. edit: …if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Tyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tyler](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Tyler)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/4 "2015-02-05T03:03:44Z")
Is this what you’re looking for? [![CloudApp](https://d3vv6lp55qjaqc.cloudfront.net/items/1V1r223V3x18213H1s0o/Image%202015-02-04%20at%206.59.21%20PM.png "Image 2015-02-04 at 6.59.21 PM.png") ](https://cl.ly/1C1f1K3m1N1p) ---
**Author:** ![tgauchat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/tgauchat/32/49516_2.png) [@tgauchat](https://community.smartthings.com/u/tgauchat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/5 "2015-02-05T03:17:26Z")
> [@Tyler](#): > > Is this what you’re looking for? Not quite… What you depicted is the ability to spawn / fork off a new Topic _ **instead** of replying and **before** a bunch of “new line of thought” posts end up in the original Topic…_ The “+ New Topic” (as shown below) is an excellent feature, but is isn’t any good when it’s “too late” – i.e., if the contributor doesn’t realize that they are inadvertently starting off a long tangent of replies. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/original/2X/2/2ff22229f864843bc4034b044ae4b065b1b2c371.png) Based on what I _read_ about **Discourse** , however, they do indeed have a way to **select** (pick and choose) individual Posts from a Topic and **create a new Topic from them** (i.e., after the fact). Now this could be a lot of bother for moderators or admins, but maybe worth using sometimes. I just can’t test / simulate this feature because I presume i don’t have authority level… ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/ben/32/59111_2.png) [@Ben](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/6 "2015-02-05T04:02:09Z")
[![](https://dha4w82d62smt.cloudfront.net/items/2i2J2q102z103K3T3I1E/Image%202015-02-04%20at%208.01.43%20PM.png) ](https://dha4w82d62smt.cloudfront.net/items/2i2J2q102z103K3T3I1E/Image%202015-02-04%20at%208.01.43%20PM.png) You need to Select Posts and then move them. ---
**Author:** ![tgauchat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/tgauchat/32/49516_2.png) [@tgauchat](https://community.smartthings.com/u/tgauchat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-split-topics-using-discourse-forum/10687/7 "2015-02-05T06:31:43Z")
Yup … I don’t have those **Admin** menu options …but good to see that there’s some functionality. The meta.discourse forum has several posts from their Founder in which he states that he doesn’t believe in User Manuals – the functionality is supposed to be self-evident by exploring and discovery. Wow.