Insert a post?

Sometimes you make a huge first post with tons of info about something(example a new game launching) and new info comes out you want to address but the first post is already too long and people already started commenting.

I’ve seen big topics where the OP will reserve the next few posts for future information which is good if you already planned it out.

What I think would be a good option for administrators or groups with the permissions enabled is to insert a post between other posts already in a topic. It could be for adding new information or for moderation purposes, pointing out a specific post to the public that won’t be allowed to continue.

I’m curious, couldn’t something like having the ability to split a post into two separate posts, accomplish the same thing basically?

It’s a nice idea. But I’d need to come up with a good way concerning post ID’s. I think first thing that comes to mind would be a #1a, #1b, while the links could be for example topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520a or topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520b, … And then the most challenging part is making sure the UIX doesn’t get bloated.

I’m not against the idea, I think it could be useful in some cases, but with 2.1 coming out possibly within two months, I won’t promise anything just yet.

On Nov 5, 2026, Excalibur said:

I’m curious, couldn’t something like having the ability to split a post into two separate posts, accomplish the same thing basically?

Possibly, didn't think of doing it that way.

On Nov 5, 2026, Cedric said:

It’s a nice idea. But I’d need to come up with a good way concerning post ID’s. I think first thing that comes to mind would be a #1a, #1b, while the links could be for example topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520a or topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520b, … And then the most challenging part is making sure the UIX doesn’t get bloated.

I’m not against the idea, I think it could be useful in some cases, but with 2.1 coming out possibly within two months, I won’t promise anything just yet.

Yeah, I didn't even think about the IDs. A, B, C, etc would be one way of doing it. But it wouldn't need to update the first ID. It could do it topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520 with the new insert being topics/50726-insert-a-post#reply-3520b. That I'm not sure of though.

Anyway just tossing it out there based on some things I've seen at various forums.