Scoring answers
Is it perhaps an idea to add an "accept as answer" option to the forum?
One advantage is you can easily tell apart which questions have been answered from the ones that might not have been.
Another feature could be you can assign a score to each member. It should be presented as a means to determine the probable quality of the answer; people that have a high rating are more likely to be active and provide acceptable answers. Even if they only go for the easy answers they'd still be good there...
I liked the list at the Delphi pages in which someone called "Mr Baseball" was the undisputed answer wizard solving the very hard and very easy question. I was much lower on the list, but because I wanted to get higher I spent more time at answering other peoples questions (which you have to do right to get accepted as the correct answer)
But the focus should lie on adding extra information about thread and poster.
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It is also great if you can see instantly if someone helps a lot. I happen to know who the people with the good answers are, but less frequent visitors may only know Leo because he built Contao. Having a ranking changes the way I view an answer, but I wouldn't discard a good answer from someone without any accepted answers either.
Originally Posted by mechaflash
. Had the case of the "Christopher Columbus" syndrome :lol: . Just saying that Americans visit this forum for information and that even if you send us German toilet paper for prizes we'd be all over it (cause it's foreign :? )
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