# \[Feature request\] Add setting to automatically "lock" Solution posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703 "2018-04-19T09:13:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jonathon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathon/32/265865_2.png) [@jonathon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonathon)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703/1 "2018-04-19T09:13:28Z")

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It’s currently possible for users to edit and delete their posts that are marked as solutions. This can cause issues (whether a solution is edited maliciously or simply deleted at a later date so removing the “answer”).

It’s possible to lock posts which are edited by Staff. Could this be extended to allow Solution posts to be locked automatically?

(If a user does want to edit they can contact Staff to unlock or to perform the edit)

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703/2 "2018-04-19T12:50:09Z")

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Not quite what you’re asking for, but you can change `post edit time limit` to a smaller number.

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**Author:** ![jonathon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathon/32/265865_2.png) [@jonathon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonathon)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703/3 "2018-04-21T11:43:27Z")

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We’ve yet to come up with a value for that setting which doesn’t adversely affect someone. For example, many of our community members maintain a post which [details their hardware configuration](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/dump-your-inxi-fxzc0-here-and-bookmark-it/8298?u=jonathon) which they can link to instead of posting it each time.

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703/4 "2018-04-21T13:31:43Z")

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Hmm. Maybe make those wiki posts?

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**Author:** ![jonathon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathon/32/265865_2.png) [@jonathon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonathon)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-setting-to-automatically-lock-solution-posts/85703/5 "2018-04-21T20:42:51Z")

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It’s a workaround, but who is going to go through 400 posts and set them all to wikis? Or put a single thread in a wiki’d category? Keep in mind it’s also a single example that quickly came to mind. (It’s also bad enough that some users get worried when they see they can edit someone else’s post in a Tutorial category when they reach the TL threshold…)

This all said - the main issue of someone editing or deleting a Solution isn’t changed by the edit timeout as it could happen at any point.