There was an example quite recently (though there are lots of examples of this sort). Somebody asked a question about implementing arabic in VFP. It was called "Arabic version" or something along these lines. And then Martin Emre (?) switched it completely and it became a political battle very quickly. But the originator of the thread still kept the original topic and Ken Levy responded. I really wished there would be a mechanism to split.

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>No, because if we would do that it would become a real mess.
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>For example, some would want to keep it as is so they can read everything even if it's a change of topic. Some, after such a potential thread break, would discuss about the initial topic even in the thread break portion which would make it impossible to link back to the original thread. Those are some reasons given as examples.