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[SOLVED]How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:05 pm
by mikech
Is there an easy way to mark a question as solved? Most other boards have such a toggle but I could not find it here. What is the MX philosophy about such things?

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:13 pm
by Eadwine Rose
Editing the topic title in the first post, adding SOLVED. :)

You can use the pencil on the right.

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:24 pm
by mikech
:happy: :happy: :happy: That's a very funny response!

OK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future.

On other forums it is a button that you select. That way the toggle is consistent no matter who's doing it. This is useful for gathering statistics and data.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:27 pm
by dolphin_oracle
mikech wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:24 pm :happy: :happy: :happy: That's a very funny response!

OK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future.

On other forums it is a button that you select. That way the toggle is consistent no matter who's doing it. This is useful for gathering statistics and data.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!
Actually no, ER was serious. Editing the first post's title is how we ask folks to mark as solved. As you note, our forum software doesn't have a toggle for "solved".

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:41 pm
by andyprough
mikech wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:24 pmOK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future
It is very much expected and needed by us users who have to search through thousands of posts to find a useful solution to our problem. It is easy and should be done every time to help the rest of us.

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:42 pm
by mikech
OK sorry. I thought she was being sarcastic. Thanks for letting me know. Please excuse me. I am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question. I won't make that assumption here again. its nice to be on a forum where people are civil.

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:47 pm
by Eadwine Rose
That's ok. And yeah.. we're nice :) If you ever see something where you feel something is not going right, do hit that ! button, then the admins & mods can take a look and spank where needed ;) :smile:

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:03 pm
by andyprough
mikech wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:42 pmI am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question.
I know the feeling - I've been a user of some distros that have extremely hostile help forums, where as a user I felt like I'd rather not ask for help than face the wrath of the community for daring to ask a question. I haven't found a more pleasant and helpful experience than with MX. openSUSE was also top notch and super friendly, but a bit more oriented toward working on extreme edge-case technical issues.

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:16 pm
by dolphin_oracle
mikech wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:42 pm OK sorry. I thought she was being sarcastic. Thanks for letting me know. Please excuse me. I am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question. I won't make that assumption here again. its nice to be on a forum where people are civil.
:toast2:

BTW, welcome to MX.

:happy:

Re: How do I mark something "solved."

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:56 pm
by Huckleberry Finn
So, since you had the answer to your question, will you mark this thread ? :biggrin: