Merging votes
When you merge 2 topics, the votes count on the resulted merge must be +1
Also, the merged topic should show as a comment in the resulted merge.
When you merge 2 topics, the votes count on the resulted merge must be +1
Also, the merged topic should show as a comment in the resulted merge.
Idea A has 2 votes, then a new Idea B with 0 votes is merged. The total should be 3, since B is also someone interested in that same idea (even having 0 votes, the post itself should count as 1).
Indeed, if he created this topic, he is implicitely "for", and should be counted +1 when merged to another similar topic, where only the author of that other topic is not counted.
Note: this +1 when merging should not be counted if that forum does not prevent from voting for our own topics.
"Manual" alternative:
when the admin merges two topic, such a case could raise a dialog box and let him choose what he wants "Warning: the author of the merged topic is nit in the merged count. Should we add +1 for that user?"