Accounts <50 posts permissions changes : dealing with spam.

[bapoumba]

Maybe we could have a "Report post solved" -- to be used when the OP says that it is solved but has not marked it thus; a moderator could then mark it solved.

Brilliant. +1

You can already do so. Just use the regular report button.

[realzippy]

being in a thread trying to assist does not qualify anyone, and no one but the person with the issue is qualified to say if it is solved.

No.
Maybe it depends on the thread/problem.
Speaking for myself (usually answering/solving pretty basic screen resolution problems),I do know when a problem is solved.

[realzippy]

You can already do so. Just use the regular report button.

...yep,I also realized this now ...
But then the staff has the work to do (checking if thread really is solved).

Anyway,I just thought it was a good idea.
I can live with estimated a few hundred threads which are solved but not marked as...

[bapoumba]

...yep,I also realized this now ...
But then the staff has the work to do (checking if thread really is solved).

Anyway,I just thought it was a good idea.
I can live with estimated a few hundred threads which are solved but not marked as...

Probably make it thousands, if not more

[Paddy Landau]

You can already do so. Just use the regular report button.

The regular button reads, "Report abuse". I would suggest that using this button to report solved threads would interfere with the abuse follow-ups, as abuse surely takes a much higher priority.

If you do like the "Report thread solved" idea, I think it would be best to have a different button. But, as implied above, this may overwhelm the staff, especially when the button is used without careful thought. There is also the problem that newbies may confuse that button with the existing "Mark as solved".

[realzippy]

...yeah,so we are back at the beginning:
This new button only for
...old,well-known forum members

....................

Now I stop derailing thread,I promise!

[haqking]

...yeah,so we are back at the beginning:
This new button only for
...old,well-known forum members

....................

Now I stop derailing thread,I promise!

and we are back to time served and well known not meaning they are qualified for the privelege

perhaps an extended privelege application process like the Ubuntu Membership process, or that privelege given to Ubuntu Members, sort of like a Mod -padawan privelege extension abuse it and lose it as it were

[Elfy]

As we type there are

Threads: 1,685,237

I'd hazard a guess that there is a very low % that are actually marked solved - imo it's not really that important a thing to be worrying about

The unfortunate fact is that most people will just start another thread - even if the same issue is marked as solved on the same page.

Does it gain anything - I doubt it

[NightwishFan]

It makes more consistent sense to have a single "inform mod" kind of button also.

[bapoumba]

It makes more consistent sense to have a single "inform mod" kind of button also.

Well, the previous button said "Report", people would miss it. The wording has to be clear. "Mod" is a term we all know and use, "Staff" is another one, but newcomers or people from other cultures may not understand. With "Report abuse", we never had any questions