In those cases where there will continue to be Part 2 threads (as Joe suggests, "second chapters", that may concentrate on a separate aspect of a larger discussion), I have a protocol question about linking:

When one links back to the Part 1 thread, it makes sense to link to a page of the split thread rather than to the entire un-split thread (for the convenience of those whose computers or IPs can't handle over-long threads), but to which page of the split thread does it make more sense to link – to the first page, or to the last?

Linking to the last page (page 3 of 3, for example) seems logical in that it contains posts that are most likely to pertain to the continuation of the discussion in Part 2... but if enough people post to Part 1 after the link from Part 2 is posted, that link won't go to the "last" page anymore (in my example, it would be page 3 of 4!)!

Now, if one is linking from a Part 3 thread to a Part 2 thread, linking to the first page of the split thread (the top of the un-split thread) would mean that any previously posted link to Part 1 would appear on-screen, which some folks might prefer.

I know it's not a big deal to click on whatever page one wants to read once one has loaded a split thread, but of course that means waiting for the desired page to load. I'm just asking which page of a Part 1 thread most people would want to see first when they're linked from Part 2, and what the Mudcat protocol should be.