Page 1 of 1

Kill topic option.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:07 pm
by uberpolak
Due to work and school comittments, I'm unable to check the forums with as much frequency as I'd like. Often there's a 24 hour gap between when I can see what's here, but, I still want to be of some service. When there are 300 unread posts (and most of them in the same forum), and posts from the current day on page two, it becomes difficult to read through them. I find that when I do, many of them have already been solved.

To relieve some of the "holy <span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> there's way too much here" shock, I have an idea. Allow the user who started a topic to stop it. Don't delete it, because the solution could have valuable information, and don't lock it down, because someone may want to add something to their solution, but have an option so the topic won't be reported if it has unread posts. That way, a user could see their problem has been solved, and cut down the amount of reading for those of us cruising around the forums looking to help out.

Nothing crucial, but it'd be nice.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 1:08 pm
by EvilWalrus
You're also forgetting that the additional posts to an already 'solved' topic provide a more intensive reference point for new users searching the forums for answer to their own questions.

There's always two sides to a coin.

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:33 am
by twigletmac
Personally, I'm enjoying the approach of adding [SOLVED] to topics that are done with, that means I can happily ignore those knowing the user feels their problem has been dealt with.

Unfortunately there is no way to force users to close stop a topic. Mods are generally adding [SOLVED] to topics as are some regular users (to their own topics). If we can encourage that it will help when you've been away for a few days.

Mac

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:55 am
by Michael 01
twigletmac wrote:
Unfortunately there is no way to force users to close stop a topic. Mods are generally adding [SOLVED] to topics as are some regular users (to their own topics). If we can encourage that it will help when you've been away for a few days.

Mac
Is there a possibility of "locking" the thread or post from more replies, creating a separate category, or forum consisting of "solved" threads, and than moving those threads that have been deemed "solved" there as a archive of sorts?
Some forums I have been to, delight in beating the dead horse, and than starting all new topics within the same thread, so it becomes this mass unnessessary storage hog with no actual bearing or meaning to solving anything after which of course you have spent a good half hour digging through it looking for the answer. :?