Copy Posts, Threads

[#1]

Have you ever wanted to save a copy of a thread in another location without having to 'move' it?  What if you wanted to create a board and store all 'The Funny Things Users Say" and simply copy the post or thread to that location for posterity... but keep the thread in the public area for all to enjoy?

How about create a read-only board where you move the most commonly asked questions/answers (again, thinking Tribal KB... but perhaps a poor man's version)?  I'd like to take a 'solved' thread and copy only the question and 'solution' to that read only board.  I'd like to keep the original thread in the main discussion area(s) to preserve the conversation with only the 'meat' of the thread appearing in the read-only section.

Darn, this is getting confusing... simply put: I'd like the ability to 'copy' posts/threads to another area while preserving the original.

Note: copied posts/threads would not impact post count.

[#2]

Yes, that last item about metrics is the real kicker. Pretty neat ideas you're coming up with, though!

But is the goal here to promote content in different places, transform it in to something else, or truly duplicate it for another purpose? Or all three for different use cases?

[#3]

I've had a few occasions where I needed to place the same message in multiple boards, and this would be handy.  I would want to limit who could use it, though.  We have enough cross-posting to clean up as it is.

Jane

[#4]

I can certainly see how displaying the problem/solution messages of solved threads would be useful. Users can take a quick look at recently solved issues on a particular board or at the community level. This can be achieved even without copying a thread or a message though. What are some other scenarios where cloning a thread/message would be useful? Like Scott mentions, is it for modifying content after copying it or truly for having a means to reference a post?

[#5]

I think all three cases Scott mentions have thei usefulness.  All three capabilities would be appreciated once the post/thread is copied to it's new location.

[#6]

We are currently working on a way of promoting threads to be a part of a Tribal Knowledge Base. Its actually not just going to be a poor man's version of TKB but much more!

[#7]

We now have TKB.