On Mar 25, 2015 9:28 AM, "Stephen John Smoogen" <smooge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 25 March 2015 at 00:00, Pete Travis <lists(a)petetravis.com> wrote:
>
> On 03/24/2015 10:51 PM, David Gay wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Matthew Miller" <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
> >> To: infrastructure(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:13:07 PM
> >> Subject: can we kill the "closed: question is answered" feature on
ask fedora?
> >>
> >> I might have complained about this before, but now I'm serious. :)
It's
> >> incredibly counterintuitive and weird to have questions
closed because
> >> they're answered, I guess unless they're an individual issue that
only
> >> affects one person. Anything that might be helpful later and which has
> >> a helpful answer should be the _opposite_ of closed!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Matthew Miller
> >> <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
> >> Fedora Project Leader
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> >>
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> > I forgot about this! Closing the question removes it from
visibility/searchability, right? If so, killing this feature makes sense to
me.
> >
> > -- David
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> Closing the question adds a blockquote that says "This question was
> closed by 'person' because 'the question has been answered and the
> answer was accepted'". Users can continue to comment, suggest answers,
> edit, post comments as answers, contribute inaccurate answers, whatever,
> as long as they aren't deterred by the closed banner. Basically, I
> agree about it being a silly reason to close a question, except that it
> might do things that it isn't actually doing. So, +1 from me, let's turn
> it off.
>
> Amusingly, the only way to access the list of close reasons is to have
> moderation turned on, and start choosing reasons to reject a post :)
> I'll remove this soon, unless someone gets to it or strenuously objects
> soon.
>
> --Pete
>
I don't object. Is there a way to say "This problem was solved for me."
by the original poster?
There is a mechanism to mark an answer as 'correct' ; the status also
shows
in list/search views. The original poster needs 10 karma to mark a correct
answer to their question; which is a handful of upvotes or comments, very
minimal participation. Anyone with a moderately higher level of karma can
mark answers to other's questions as correct. There's an adequate level of
signal that a 'good' answer has been provided.
--Pete