Rene: If the post is unresponsive to the post it replied on and is not on topic for the board, then it should be moved. It is hard to tell without seeing the post. You, as the admin can make the "call." Here's the "how to" response to your initial question. To move a post within a surname board -- it will take all replies with it, but not what is above it in the thread. type: surnames.surname replace surname with the actual name of the board. ie surnames.wombat and it will move to a thread of its own on the same board (wombat surname) If a post needs to be moved to a different surname board type: surnames.newsurname replace newsurname with the actual name of the board. ie surnames.feeblemeister and it will move to the other board and take all the replies to it along with it When an admin encounters a situation that there is not a surname board in existance to move the post to, then the "request a board" link can be accessed and in the comments box, one can put "to move a post to a more appropriate board." One is not required to administer the board one has requested. Cheers, Lauren On 11/19/06, Rene' <rtreff@stny.rr.com> wrote: > I let it sit for a couple of days to think about before deciding that it > really doesn't belong. I thought about if I moved it, how would it be > attached to anything, but captions/titles can be changed by administrators. > She didn't even directly reply to the 1st poster in the message, just said, > I don't know if you have this information or not on the "blank" family, and > gave the information. That is why I really didn't feel that it was relevant > > > Unfortunately when I looked for that surname board, there isn't one, but she > has posted the same information on several different boards that have > married into the surname she was referencing, so it isn't information that > is lost. If I knew that the surname she was referencing was tied in anyway > to my surname board, I would've left it, probably with a post myself tying > it in, but there isn't anything common except the 1st posters last name. > > Rene'

Thanks Lauren, I appreciate the additional information, will keep it close at hand because I'm sure that sooner or later I will need it again. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Lauren Boyd Date: 11/19/2006 10:23:01 PM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] moving a post Rene: If the post is unresponsive to the post it replied on and is not on topic for the board, then it should be moved. It is hard to tell without seeing the post. You, as the admin can make the "call." Here's the "how to" response to your initial question. To move a post within a surname board -- it will take all replies with it, but not what is above it in the thread. type: surnames.surname replace surname with the actual name of the board. ie surnames.wombat and it will move to a thread of its own on the same board (wombat surname) If a post needs to be moved to a different surname board type: surnames.newsurname replace newsurname with the actual name of the board. ie surnames.feeblemeister and it will move to the other board and take all the replies to it along with it When an admin encounters a situation that there is not a surname board in existance to move the post to, then the "request a board" link can be accessed and in the comments box, one can put "to move a post to a more appropriate board." One is not required to administer the board one has requested. Cheers, Lauren