The thread number stays the same as it is not made as a new thread. When a mod/admin moves a thread to another forum section you have the option of leaving the shadow topic link redirect so people can find the same thread easily.-Arch- wrote:i can see what you mean, my guess its a problem with the actual Forum Software, it doesnt actually Move the exact Thread to where the Mod moved it to, it just moves a Copy of that Thread to where the Mod moves it to. ) hope that makes sense ) dunno if a Forum upgrade would fix that issue?
There is a way to move a thread and make it as a new one as I have made use of the Split options where you can essentially move all posts of the thread to be a new thread and not just split off from a point or selected posts. I used this trick a few times in past back when we had a few persistent spammers that kept trying to spam certain threads but we wanted to keep it unlocked if possible.