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Where does the _Chat thread live?

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stuckindamiddle · 06/04/2014 19:39

I can never find it. Only really see it in active.

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ilovepowerhoop · 06/04/2014 19:46

Fun and Games topic

BertieBotts · 06/04/2014 19:47

Yep and it's one of the first ones listed I think?

BertieBotts · 06/04/2014 19:48

There's also a link to it at the bottom of the page on the desktop site.

KateSMumsnet · 07/04/2014 16:35

It's got a sneaky _ before, which can make it tricky to hunt down!

stuckindamiddle · 07/04/2014 19:09

Thanks. Why does it have the _ Kate? And why's there an entire thread on Ford?!

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NymodigFruOla · 07/04/2014 19:19

It's to do with alphabetical sorting. Using the _ immediately before a word will sort it to after any Z words, if that makes sense?

Therefore _Chat is at the bottom of the A-Z list - like this

Where does the _Chat thread live?
BertieBotts · 07/04/2014 19:22

It's not really relevant any more but the old layout had topics listed alphabetically because there weren't enough for categories.

Now, arguably, there are too many categories/topics and some should probably be merged.

BertieBotts · 07/04/2014 19:23

Oh and chat was put at the end because at the time people felt it wasn't serious enough for mumsnet. That's also why chat is temporary whereas other topics aren't.

NymodigFruOla · 07/04/2014 19:28

Oh yes, I agree Bertie, but it's still listed that way though!

KateSMumsnet · 08/04/2014 17:06

10/10 Bertie for MN trivia! I think the logic for keeping the _ was that it was a little bit of MN history (we're sentimental old vipers really)

We hear what you're saying about the talk topics - a rejig of the topics and how talk looks is on the cards, but we're afraid we don't have an ETA for this yet. It'll be worth the wait though!

Stuck - I think the Ford topic is a remnant from an old product test. Hopefully Bertie will know Wink

BertieBotts · 08/04/2014 17:08

Grin I don't remember a Ford product test, sorry! Sounds plausible though! There are a lot of ghost topics from tests.

KL07 · 08/04/2014 17:38

Topics/other stuff/ Ford - last post in December 2013....

NymodigFruOla · 08/04/2014 18:36

Ford topic - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/ford

And there was me thinking it was about 'she who must not be named'!

Bornin1984 · 08/04/2014 18:38

I can never find relationships!

RowanMumsnet · 09/04/2014 11:37

'Relationships' is under 'Body and Soul'

For those who don't know, there's an A-Z list you can toggle to on this page so that you can Ctrl+F to search for any topic you can't find via the themes list

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