Auto-split long threads

[YabbaDabba]

Need a plug-in that will split threads once they reach a certain length (e.g., 1,000 posts).

Suggested Features:

When a thread's post count reaches a specified number (e.g., 1,000):
1 - Start a new thread with the same title (plus a counter? E.g.: Game Thread - 2)
2 - The first post of the old thread is copied into the first post of the new thread.
3 - The last post of the old thread is copied into the second post of the new thread.
4 - The old thread is auto-closed
5 - A closing post with an explanation and a link to the new thread is added to the old thread.

This is a great need for game threads and hot topics.

Keeping a thread's post count >1,000 makes the cpu load during searches more manageable.

[VPREATR]

YabbaDabba:
I'm in need of such a creation, either plug-in and/or modification. Any luck in your search to date?

[YabbaDabba]

Unfortunately no.

I've seen this used effectively on other boards.
It saves a tremendous amount of admin/mod time.

[YabbaDabba]

Anybody have time for this?

[TimIgoe]

because nothign has been done on this, and i'm having a nightmare finding something that does similar I think i'm gonna resort to writing a plugin to do the job - we've currently got some threads that over just shy of 100,000 posts long which are killing the server

[AtoZ]

I'd be interested in this too.

[Jase2]

This is a very good suggestion. There are already threads that auto close threads after X amount of posts already -- just need to add the ability to create a new thread automatically.

[PGAmerica]

Did anything ever come of this? This is an awesome idea and I would love to use it.

[SBlueman]

I am interested in this as well. It seems that the only modification I can find for this does not work and is unsupported.