Require an approval before publishing a moved off-topic post

[juho-jaakkola]

We should ask an approval from the owner of the original post before publishing it as a completely new topic.

Recently I was asked to remove a moved topic completely because the user didn't want his name to be used as the owner of the new topic.

Suggestion:

1. Make the new post private by default
2. Notify the user (See Notify user when an off-topic comment is moved to it's own topic #17 )
   • Tell what has happened and why
   • Ask the user to either publish or remove the post
   • Include a link to the new post

[ewinslow]

Why didn't he want his name on the topic?

I think a notification without waiting for approval would be sufficient.
On Jan 30, 2014 4:02 AM, "Juho Jaakkola" [email protected] wrote:

We should ask an approval from the owner of the original post before
publishing it as a completely new topic.

Recently I was asked to remove a moved topic completely because the user
didn't want his name to be used as the owner of the new topic.

Suggestion:

1. Make the new post private by default
2. Notify the user (See Notify user when an off-topic comment is moved to it's own topic #17Notify user when an off-topic comment is moved to it's own topic #17)
   • Tell what has happened and why
   • Ask the user to either publish or remove the post
   • Include a link to the new post

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[brettp]

Agree with Evan. This is a matter of moderation and shouldn't require
approval from the person being moderated.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Evan Winslow [email protected]:

Why didn't he want his name on the topic?

I think a notification without waiting for approval would be sufficient.
On Jan 30, 2014 4:02 AM, "Juho Jaakkola" [email protected]
wrote:

We should ask an approval from the owner of the original post before
publishing it as a completely new topic.

Recently I was asked to remove a moved topic completely because the user
didn't want his name to be used as the owner of the new topic.

Suggestion:

1. Make the new post private by default
2. Notify the user (See Notify user when an off-topic comment is moved to it's own topic #17<
   https://github.com/Elgg/community_groups/issues/17>)
3. Tell what has happened and why
4. Ask the user to either publish or remove the post
5. Include a link to the new post

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