Lack of interest Redirect merged threads

[xf_phantom]

I would really love to see a thread redirect by merged threads seperate from the public "expire" feature.

If you merge 2 threads, 1 won't be accessible anymore (if you don't use the expire feature, or if it expired).
The user will get only a stupid error message

The requested thread could not be found.

This is bad for SEO and for the usability.
I think it would be much better to make a permanent redirect to the new thread.

 

[xf_phantom]

e.g. http://xenforo.com/community/threads/drag-and-drop-forums-in-node-tree.25835/

there brogan linked to a thread http://xenforo.com/community/threads/visual-node-tree-arrange-tool.5076/ which was probably merged with another thread...
How can i found the thread now? (or was it deleted? )
If it was deleted, it would make sense to see the "not found" error, but not if it was just merged with another.
Even a notice "this thread was merged with ......" linking to the new thread if the user has perms to see the new thread, would be userfriendlier then the current situation

 

[Jeremy]

They do redirect. That thread was just deleted. I'd show you one, but the expiring redirects aren't there anymore.

 

[xf_phantom]

I mean without the "expiring" feature.

It shouldn't be visible in the node list, BUT if somebody calls the old url (e.g. comming from google or another page with an old link), it should still redirect to the new thread, even the "public redirect notice" expired

 

[xf_phantom]

but i just realized, that it's not really necessary,

I could create an addon which makes the merged thread redirects expiring in 100 months

 

[Mike]

That would show up in the thread list though, which is presumably not what you want...

 

[Jeremy]

You set merge thread redirect expiry lengths.

 

[xf_phantom]

You set merge thread redirect expiry lengths.

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Yea that's what i wanted to do, but just got an error as i tried to use 900 months^^


Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli_Exception: Mysqli statement execute error : Incorrect integer value: '' for column 'expiry_date' at row 1 - library\Zend\Db\Statement\Mysqli.php:214

Just trying to find the bug^^

I could create probably an cron do update them once a month but it's not exactly what my suggestions was, because the threads would still appear in the thread list @Mike mentioned this too
Maybe i could hide them with an addon or change all the fetch queries, but i don't like to use addons changing too much in the core

summery=> that's why i made this suggestion, it's much better if it's in the core and i don't need to worry about this