How to close a Thread

When I am satisfied with the results of a thread, can I close it? How?

Thanks.

Currently only the mods can close threads. Check out this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=thread+status

Thanks this answers my question and gave me a valid poit to always remember and thanks the provider.

You're welcome, dude.

Originally posted by LinuxLala You see the status of posts in this forum. The A means Answered and the U unanswered. When once you have submitted a new thread, the next time you open it, on the top right is a button which says Answered. Click on it and the status of ur posts changes. How difficult is that?

Not all forums have the status field. Am I missing something in my profile?

No, the staus thing was tried out in the Website Questions and Suggestions forum but failed to ctach on. As a result, it was discontinued.

It was a nice feature letting the poster close the thread. I am sorry it went away.

Thank you for your reply.

No probs. The problem with it is that many many posters don't post back to say "it worked, thanks" which means that they are equally unlikely to set the thread to 'Answered'. It is a great idea, but it's only workable if we all use it.

For examples, browse the boards - it's impossible to tell if a solution worked, or if the poster just got fed up and went back to Windows, or if they just reinstalled and didn't get the problem again. Ah well.