Solved? (like Thanks!)

[lordsmurf]

I like how this thread title changed: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic363721.html

vBulletin has "thanks" buttons, I wonder if there are "solved" buttons too, for the OP. Maybe phpBB can do it too, but I'm think vB is still in your future.

Maybe making a thread "solved" could also force the OP to quickly state what the solution was.

The forum would automatically send nuisance e-mails like eBay or Amazon, asking you to "leave feedback" but in this case "let us know what worked for you"

I hate unknown threads.

I think it'd help. (I don't want to explain how, you're smart, I'm sure your cogs are already turning in the noggin, you know what I'm getting at here.)

[redwudz]

There is a standard option for 'Reputation':

What is reputation?

Reputation is a way of rating users depending on the quality of their posts. If the administrators have enabled reputation, then the reputation icon will be visible in posts.

Reputation may be positive , negative or neutral . Negative reputation may only be given if the administrator has enabled this. Neutral reputation is only given when the person giving reputation does not meet the criteria set by the administrator to affect someone else's reputation.

That doesn't sound like what you mean, but it's the closest I could find with a quick look.

You could also look around the VBulletin forum for plugins: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/

There is a 'Solved' plugin:

This modification will allow you & your members (based on usergroup permissions) to mark a thread as "Solved". It will add the prefix "[SOLVED]" to the thread title, and if set in the admincp - it will also close the thread.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=149214&highlight=solved+plugin (You may need to log in for viewing this)

Of course this depends on what Baldrick has in mind.

[Supreme2k]

While I agree with having the [Solved] feature, we shouldn't get into the eBay-like "Reputation" system. i'd hate to have my saintly reputation tarnished

[redwudz]

Come on, you would probably have a gold star.

But Vbulletin has a ton of options and plugins. That's one advantage over phpBB. Which ones are used is up to the administrator.

[thecoalman]

But Vbulletin has a ton of options and plugins. That's one advantage over phpBB. Which ones are used is up to the administrator.

They will also slow it down considerably as you add stuff because they are not hard coded.

As far a phpBB3 you can accomplish this with the topic icons which are "out of the box", there's mods for it as well. Phpbb.com uses a check mark and the one team member wrote a simple little piece of JS to bookmark so if you're moderating you canhit the bookmark and it will mark the topic you are viewing as solved. KISS

[Nelson37]

I thought the "[solved]" thing was already being used, or was this being done manually?

While I agree with the concept and intent, it seems to me that most of the people who ask a question, get several answers, and never report back on results are mostly "one and done", so branding them in any way would not be much use. For those who do return, perhaps a moderated feedback system wherein their posting privileges are revoked until they respond with results to their own question?

As for the "reputation" bit, IMO that may work well for retailers but in this case we would be getting one person's opinion about another person's opinion, which would need to be broken down into different areas of expertise. Some folks are geniuses in one area and a-holes in another.

Can the "[solved]" items be made seperately searchable? Similar to doing a search in only one forum, be able to search a problem and only return hits with positive results? While I sometimes find it comforting to know that others are having the same problem, it is frustrating to not find an answer, just more questions. Drawbacks to this are that often suggested answers are found that did not solve the OP's problem, but DO work for others.

Solved for one, but not for another?

Databases are just so damn inflexible.

[freebird73717]

I thought the "[solved]" thing was already being used, or was this being done manually?

Nope. I just did it manually by editing my first post. I just think it is a good courtesy to let people know that the problem is solved. Honestly I wish more people would do it as well.

[gll99]

Maybe making a thread "solved" could also force the OP to quickly state what the solution was.

As you said lordsmurf if this is to be meaningful then it would have to be more the just the word "solved" / "nevermind I fixed it" / "thanks it works now" or some other common thing users say when their issue is "fixed" (if they bother at all). People forget that anyone trying to solve a similar problem would appreciate having a suggested solution. Over the years, I've resolved issues on various topics using Google (or other search engines) because someone was kind enough to post their solution on this or other board/forum/site.

[thecoalman]

........is "fixed" (if they bother at all).

My experience has been that such a feature is rarely used. Probably 99% of the ones on phpbb.com that are marked solved are marked by the moderators but then again it's not exactly plain to see how to do this. Having said that I rarely see it used on other forums either where such a feature is available.

Half the time people don't even have the courtesy to say "thanks it worked" let alone mark the topic solved.

[vhelp]

everning everyone..

I've been using this idea myself, whenever possible. Sometimes you can't do it because there are too many solutions or alternatives, etc., and they aren't always SOLVED or RESOLVED.

But if anything, (if one decides to incorporate the idea into his/her post resolutions) that they consider tacking the condition at the end of the subject. At times where subject titles are larger, it may require modifying the tail end like such, ie: subject_text_here ... [SOLVED] as I do this often when necessary. This way, the topics maintain their sorted order: the admin may be doing this for his own purposes.

Here are some examples though I didn't follow the rules since I was just beginning to use this idea myself, back when I started doing this:

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic347917.html#1826237
Trailers MOV format -- How to decode/demux/trancode to .MP4 ? [Solved]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic353644.html#1869369
Telecine Pattern: Determining what is used in the Hogan's Heroes [SOLVED]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic355743.html#1881580
AVIsynth -- how do I add an audio wav to a video only clip.. [SOLVED]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic361358.html
Alternate method for importing x264 cli encoded videos for.. [RESOLVED]

And, whenever I can remember (to do this) I add something to the first post, this way, the
searcher can see (by mouse-overing the subject title) the first 255 char from the baloon:

[RESOLVED] 12/23/2008 Tue pm

In one, I think I even added the [UN-RESOLVED] option, because I didn't reach a conclusion, and it was taking too long (prob weeks) to resolve, or else the OP may opt at that decision at some point in the discussion, or just leave it alone all-together.

I think that when spelled out in CAP's it helps the searcher spot those easier, less they get lost in the listing texts when small caps.

I had an idea about revising the subjects listings to color code anything that have perhaps in a different listing, maybe in the search section of the forum board. I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud, by now. (see above)

-vhelp 5035