New Feature Request

[Ben Horne]

Hi,

Is it possible to have a feature where only the person who started the post can mark it resolved? I think it'd help out a lot in deterring possible mis-posts on any of the topics here. I saw this on the Flash Kit forums (I'm a member of Flash Kit, BTW) and I started thinking it would be a good idea for these forums.

Go to http://www.flashkit.com/board/forumd...c8f7&forumid=2 to see what I mean

Would this be a helpful feature?

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

[bluckcuck]

The Wrox P2P forum is not a help desk, it's a discussion forum. How can a discussion be resolved?

Furthermore, just because someone got the answer they were looking for, why should discussion cease on the subject?

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

[Ben Horne]

Bruce,

I'm just saying that when a topic is done, it could be marked resolved so that people would know that it's done with. I guess I was a bit unclear the last time around. Anyways, I'm talking about marking a topic resolved when discussion
on a particular topic stops. Get what I'm saying now?

quote:Originally posted by bluckcuck
 The Wrox P2P forum is not a help desk, it's a discussion forum. How can a discussion be resolved?

Furthermore, just because someone got the answer they were looking for, why should discussion cease on the subject?

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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http://community.webshots.com/user/valerian114

"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

[stu9820]

Ben, are you asking for a way to click on a single reply to make it say "Accepted Answer"?

[Ben Horne]

Jeff,

Yeah. That's part of it. I'm also saying that there could be a way for us to let other people know when the topic is finished.



Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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http://community.webshots.com/user/valerian114

"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

[Snib]

You mean like making the topic title in green or something if it's resolved?

Snib

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[Ben Horne]

Yup!

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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http://community.webshots.com/user/valerian114

"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

[Ben Horne]

Also forgot to say that there could be a "Resolved" message next to the resolved topic

Ben Horne
Madison Area Technical College - Truax
3550 Anderson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2599


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http://community.webshots.com/user/valerian114

"There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who claim to be Flash junkies and those who actually are Flash junkies"

[chrislepingwell]

To reiterate Bruce's point:- who is to say when a discussion is resolved? Even if you, as the original poster, are done with the discussion -you got your answer, made your point or whatever - why would you assume that no-one else would like to add something. Are you looking for a way to always have the last word? ;)

There are two secrets to success in this world:
1. Never tell everything you know

[Snib]

I don't think that Ben meant that resolving the topic would prohibit other people from posting. I think he just wants to let people know the original problem is solved. I don't see a lot of convenience in having this, personally.

Snib

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