On Mar 25, 2015 9:28 AM, "Stephen John Smoogen" <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 25 March 2015 at 00:00, Pete Travis <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 03/24/2015 10:51 PM, David Gay wrote:
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>> >> From: "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:13:07 PM
>> >> Subject: can we kill the "closed: question is answered" feature on ask fedora?
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>> >> 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!
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>> >> --
>> >> Matthew Miller
>> >> <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Fedora Project Leader
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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.
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>> > -- 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.
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>> 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.
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>> --Pete
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> I don't object. Is there a way to say "This problem was solved for me." by the original poster?
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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
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