'Solution' Etiquette

[aeastet]

I don't know if you can ever fix this problem without training. The problem here is how many people come here to read a post "what nice things you should do while your here". I think there should be a post that all new people have to see that will tell them what everything is for and how to use it. I believe that a lot of the new people do not realize that they need to mark a solution or that giving kudos is kinda like saying thank you. Then there are the people that are just here for a quick answer or for you to do their homework. That problem will never get solved either.

Maybe we need pop up for new people that highlight the different features of the forum with a bubble that pops up that says this is a kudos button this button would be a way of thanking the kind volunteer that is helping you or when you submit a question it should take you to a page that says "When you feel your answer is answered sufficiently you should make the poster that gave you with the solution. This helps the volunteers know which threads still need help and which one's have been answered ultimately getting your question answered faster.

Ultimately it will be up to the poster to determine the correct solution which makes it a flawed system.

[muks]

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@elset191 wrote:

I'll go ahead and list my personal etiquitte rules, which of course may not be universal

1. As a rule, I never say "Unmark your own post, and give me the solution" because...I'm not sure why not.  Seems rude to me. I would not have a problem with saying "Unmark your post and give the solution to soandso", though I haven't yet I don't think.  Usually Saverio or someone else is already bustin chops.

2.  Here is a post I made where I gave the solution to the first responder, and doled out kudos to the others who offered up additional information, and warned me of future roadblocks. Here is a post where another user marked the first responder, and I offered up some additional advice.  I got a kudo though, so same situation as my thread.

3. I try to mark a solution if I have a specific programming question.  More generic design and other kinds of questions I try to say thaks and give kudos since there is so much good information posted by so many people.

4.Not sure what says more, but I think I give kudos with solutions, when I mark them

5. I think I have done this in the past, so I'd say it's acceptable.  If I needed to ask the question later, and stumbled on a solved thread, I would want the best solution marked.  Looking out for future generations of LVers.

A situation you didn't bring up, but I illustrate in this thread, is when there is more than one question asked.  Arguably this maybe shouldn't happen, but it does.  Here I gave the solution to the first person who answered one of my questions, and the rest get kudos (a little late...).

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One way to correct it.