ADMINS - please let users edit their own threads as SOLVED - DEAD HORSE(move along nothing

I kinda got a little irritated when admins marked my threads as resolved. Just because you can, does not mean you should. I would prefer a reply in a thread suggesting 'SOLVED' and allow the user to change the title or give permission for the admins to do so.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate all that the admins do to try and resolve issues. I benefitted greatly from one helping me the other night. I was kind of wondering why they edited MY thread without asking ME. Once, my thread was edited as resolved and it was not. I have recently seen another thread marked as resolved without the user agreeing. Come to find out that the issue was not solved.
 
Mods, please confirm with the the users BEFORE editing a thread or ask the user if the thread has been resolved. That is just respect I think...  

Strange that somehow "its our affair" when everything written belongs to CW. 
 
We use this forum we don't own it. 

I'd kinda like to see the admins delete any thread that has "drama queen" written all over it.  Lotsa drama queens here who would serve the community better by toning down the hyperbole.

I like the new approach. By them doing that, it has kept the drama queens from ranting on and on. I for one got tired of reading the same people carrying a gripe for months in numerous posts. This way it puts an endpoint to a solved problem. Not perfect, but a lot better this way. My 2 cents. 

I'm not sure how saying a thread is solved doesn't help the forum. Unless it isn't.  I know that when I see it it does mean the problem has been solved. This won't stop others from looking into it for an answer. Nor do I understand a need to keep posting to a resolved thread.
 
To me its also a hint to the forum "that enough has been said and lets now move on". I don't see that as a problem. If you need the answer nothing prevents one from reading the thread. 
 
In the end it makes the forum a little bit more orderly. 

Of course, users have the ability to edit their own thread titles so if someone thinks a problem has not in fact been solved, they can change it back (as you did). But the problem is that a lot of users don't modify the thread titles. I read every thread that has a "solved" or "resolved" simply so I can be aware of problems people encounter, as well as the solutions. That has helped in terms of helping other users, but also, in terms of solving problems I encounter in my own system. Also, having "solved" makes it easier to do searches.
 
I marked your thread as "solved" because I duplicated the conditions you specified, was able to solve the problem, and gave the steps I took to solve the problem. So, it sure seemed solved as I was able to duplicate the problem and come up with a solution. However, I think that's the only instance where I've marked something in opposition to the sense of the poster. The forum is moving so fast these days that if thread titles aren't modified within hours, the thread will often slip off the page and no one will learn about a solution to a problem that might affect them.
 
The ability to scan which threads have solutions to problems is very important. If all users would do this, it would be very helpful but they don't. So, we have four choices:
 
1. Force people to edit their threads as appropriate (ain't gonna happen).
2. Let threads that solve problems and don't have thread titles edited exist in an unmodified state (diminishes the value of the forum).
3. Edit thread titles as appropriate (possibility for inaccurate assessment)
4. Ask for permission before modifying the title (increased workload, and I assume most people would say "ok" anyway)
 
All have pros and cons but given that people can edit their own thread titles if they feel there has been a problem, then (3) seems like the best option.
 

Craig, I did have 2 threads that were resolved(and help much appreciated!), but those are not the ones I am talking about and with seeing another user have their thread marked as solved, but wasn't - that is what prompted me for this thread.
 
John, you are only seeing the negative. I am trying to post the positive where one of my threads recently and another users thread were not solved, but marked as such.
 
These are my thoughts - I consider my threads as mine and don't believe anyone should edit them. If they are solved, I usually never update the title. If that is the new forum policy, then that needs to be documented and enforced. I am a freedom and liberty kind of guy and I can tolerate some censorship, but I am not open to all of it especially if it is not so.

One can start a thread but it does not belong to them. Ultimately, neither does ones posting. 
 
Posting and starting a thread are privileges not a right.  

Guitarmech111 wrote;
"IF a new forum policy is that ADMINs edit the title of a thread to something that it is not, I am not really for it. If they ask me to change a thread title as resolved and it is, I am not against it. This is a new behavior by the mods and I am not totally for it."
 
If they modify a title and it is inaccurate no one, least of all me, would be for it.  That however is not what I have been advocating.  I think I have made my position on this clear.
 
 

I dunno...   I think this is a good case for the 80/20 rule, and so far the mods seem to be at least 80% in their Solved assessments. 
 
If a poster cares enough to modify the thread title after the fact because they do not consider it resolved, that poster is likely to modify it again if it truly is resolved (I'd imagine you would fall into this category).  Unfortunately the 80/20 rule probably applies in reverse (overall) when it comes to meeting this OP criteria. 
 

Andrew, I have been on the cakewalk forums for many years. IF this is a new posting policy, make it part of the terme of use. As I mentioned before, I usually never mark a post as solved. IT is a good idea, but I usually never do. It looks like a lot of people never do. Forcing some, but not all seem like a singling out tactic. Is this a new policy that will be enforced to all users or just me and a few others.
 
I fully understand the SOLVED thought. I see no problem with that. I am asking to not mark mine as solved. I will do it if asked, in the future and IF it is fixed. Craig actually verified a couple of my posts and put them as SOLVED. I was fine with that.
 
Seriously, if this is a new policy, make it part of the conditions of use and enforce it all the way with all users or none.

WDI
Personally I think only the person that created the thread should change the title. Unless it's inappropriate.

I really don't see it as trying to help the forum but rather trying to make everything look hunky dory.

You want us to help resolve issues right? So how does it help us to re-read the same thread that has been solved but just has a lot of post conversation. It's not like we are closing threads or marking things that aren't solved. I would say the majority of them are marked correctly. And what's wrong with letting people know an issue has been solved? I don't see your point.

I think its a great policy. I hope you guys keep it up. It sure helps me. It lets me know if a problem has found a solution.  

I don't see any other solution here than what has been actioned. Its useful for those that come to this forum to see a particular problem they may be experiencing as 'solved' and of course if it isn't then it really is the posters responsibility to re-edit the title. Because many posters don't come back after finding a solution to their problem, some moderator intervention helps keep the forum as truthful and as useful as possible.
 
Bibs

WDI
Personally I think only the person that created the thread should change the title. Unless it's inappropriate.

I really don't see it as trying to help the forum but rather trying to make everything look hunky dory.

I think you missed my point. I don't read every thread in this forum, BUT I do read every thread that says "solved/resolved/answered" so that I am aware of how to fix a problem should I encounter it in my own work. This saves a huge amount of time. Also, if a problem is NOT marked as solved, of course I want to help find a solution. But then it will sometimes take me several pages of reading what people have done, only to find that at the end of page 3, someone already solved it...another waste of time.
 
These forums are designed to provide a peer-to-peer service. Part of that service is alerting people of problems and solving problems. If people can find out quickly that a problem has been solved, that provides a higher level of service - especially if they have encountered that problem, or they encounter that problem in the future and remember that a solution was already presented in the forum.
 
I also think there should be another flag - "workaround" for when the problem mentioned in the thread has not been solved, but there's a way to work around it.