Unsolved, Check Solution or Add (Solved) ✔

Quite often i come across topics, read through them just to see, that they are already solved.

Topic creators

somehow users (topic creators / “owners”) rarely use - or don t know about the solution checkmark below posts:




on the front page / overview / search result page this will show a :white_check_mark: in the listing.



Regular Users / Trust level

users with a higher trust level are allowed to change title and category of a post.

Just wanted to know if it s within the spirit of this forum to add a (solved) to a topics title - if a topic is obviously solved but no solution marked.

sample topic that is obviously solved:

seams like this does not break links:
looks like discourse links are redundant - they have both a topic id and a text

link with current title
https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/two-identical-radial-arrays-not-coinciding-solved/213225/5
old link - still working
https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/two-identical-radial-arrays-not-coinciding/213225/5

it also would be possible to add an emoji:
:white_check_mark: :check_mark:

:white_check_mark: :check_mark: 

But Topic titles are limited to 73 characters. so what to if (solved) or :check_mark: will push the length above this ?

Change rights ?

another approach would be, that the admins allow a few active users to check the solution bottom.

what do you think ?
:+1:
:-1:

@Gijs @jessesn
is there some McNeels who have “discourse moderator” in their job description ?
and can somehow see “yes - please do (solved) / please don 't”

thanks - kind regards - tom

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Hi Tom -

We have an internal system to check which threads are “done” or not and will never rely on either a word in the title or a checkmark next to it.
-wim

ok - but the voluntary user - like me - that are active in the forum will not see that.
it s more fun to dig into an unsolved problem

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I have a feeling you check the solution in solved problems as well.
-wim