Bulk Move of Topics from One Forum to Another?

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Bulk Move of Topics from One Forum to Another?

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I want to select topics from a list of a couple of hundred and then in one click send them all to a different forum.
Can I do that?
I've only got two forums on the board.
What I'm doing is trying to separate out all the 'junk' for future further sorting.
I found the 'move topic' thread but one by one....
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Re: Bulk Move of Topics from One Forum to Another?

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abrogard wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:52 pmI want to select topics from a list of a couple of hundred and then in one click send them all to a different forum.
For that MCP > Main > View forum exists - preferably click the MCP link when viewing a forum. See also Moderator Guide > The Moderator Control Panel (MCP) > Forum moderation.

abrogard wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:52 pmI found the 'move topic' thread
Such a thing does not exist. But if you mean the Quick Mod Tools then mind the wording: the "quick" is there for a reason. You moderate either a topic or a forum, not both at once.
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Re: Bulk Move of Topics from One Forum to Another?

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I tried that. It wouldn't let me select and move.
would that be because the topics have not been approved?

the drop down list appears showing my two forums and one 'sub forum' I suppose - indented in the list. but all are in grey. no highlight appears anywhere. I can choose nothing, cannot go further...
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abrogard wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:50 amI wouldn't let me
Then let loose. And you need to have the moderator permission "move topics" - administrators are not automatically moderators.
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abrogard wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:50 am I tried that. It wouldn't let me select and move.
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That's a bug introduced in phpBB 3.3.5 and fixed for the next release.
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oh, okay. so I just live with it or I should do something.. ?
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abrogard wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:54 am oh, okay. so I just live with it or I should do something.. ?
There aren't many options, are there?
You either use the fix, if it's been cleared already (I haven't checked), ...or ... wait for 3.3.6
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abrogard wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:54 am oh, okay. so I just live with it or I should do something.. ?
Both. It is up on you.

Here is the fix: https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/6323/files
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