Split topic link, which is visible to privileged users when they are viewing the content of the topic allows for splitting of a topic in to two separate topics. This is mostly done to allow the forum staff to move off topic discussions that have wondered in to a relevant topic.

When clicked, the link would take the privileged user to a control form where how the topic will be split can be specified.

At the top of this form there is a textbox where the name of the new topic will be specified as well as a drop down box with a list of forums where the new topic will be placed. Below these controls there are two buttons allowing the privileged user to split the selected or the non-selected messages.

All the messages in the topic are listed on the 'Split Topic Control Panel', the messages can be selected by marking the checkbox, which is located to left of every message.

Clicking on the 'Split selected messages' button would then split all the selected messages or if the 'Split non-selected messages' button is clicked then all the non-selected messages will be moved to a new topic.