Continuing the discussion from The automatic closing of topics seems flawed:
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Continuing the discussion from The automatic closing of topics seems flawed:
As a quick way to chain from closed topics,
Click the link gadget
Then click New Topic. (under the shared link)
This will link in the old topic.