McGrath said... Even so there is a problem of continuity breaking. It'd be great if there was some way of breaking a thread so that say the last 20 posts would be carried over into the new one. It is possible to do this manually by putting a bunch of posts from the old thread in the new one's opening post, and it is sometimes done, but it is I imagine very laborious.

Let me try by copy and paste.

Subject: LONG threads:a request From: Peg Date: 03-Feb-02 - 09:53 AM

Hello friends;

Often times my browser will not always allow me to open the larger Mudcat threads (over 100 posts is difficult). Could we all please get (back) into the habit of starting "Part 2" or whatever of a thread that goes over 100? I am sure I am not the only Mudcatter with this problem.

Thanks!

P

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Subject: RE: LONG threads:a request From: WYSIWYG Date: 03-Feb-02 - 11:17 AM

I think people were reluctant to start Part II's on some of the recent threads because of the nature of the threads-- not having the heart to make it easy for them to continue, hoping they'd poop out, etc.

~Susan

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Subject: RE: LONG threads:a request From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 03-Feb-02 - 12:41 PM

A good idea, and the handy thing with the Mudcat is the ability for us to do that kind of thing ourselves.

One problem is that where a long thread still has useful things in it, starting a part two can break the continuity. That's why it's important, when starting apart two to put a link to the new thread in the old one, and a link to the old one in the new one.

Even so there is a problem of continuity breaking. It'd be great if there was some way of breaking a thread so that say the last 20 posts would be carried over into the new one. It is possible to do this manually by putting a bunch of posts from the old thread in the new one's opening post, and it is sometimes done, but it is I imagine very laborious. Also it's clumsy, because you don't get the posts included in the index at the start of the thread.

An example of a long thread where interesting new points can arise even at the end of a long and old thread, see the one on Raglan Road, where it has just been pointed out that lots of us have been singing a crucial line wrong all these years. ("An autumn day" probably should be "an August day" - in case at 122 it's to long to load.)