# Introduction and question about how to best mark topics as "Answer"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-and-question-about-how-to-best-mark-topics-as-answer/191598
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 25, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-and-question-about-how-to-best-mark-topics-as-answer/191598 "2021-05-25T16:07:20Z")
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### Author: ![dsteinschneider](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dsteinschneider/32/221884_2.png) [@dsteinschneider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsteinschneider)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-and-question-about-how-to-best-mark-topics-as-answer/191598/1 "2021-05-25T16:07:20Z")

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This is my first post here. I participate in several forums that use Discourse and appreciate the excellent experience!

One of the communities is for Cantabile Software which is for live music performance. There are certain topics where expert users answer questions Cantabile users ask. Right now the Category is very broad as “Cantabile”.

One idea I have is to add Category called “Cantabile Tip”. It bothers me that it will no longer show up in the “Cantabile” category but maybe this is the simplest solution

A second idea I have is to use the Tag “Answer”. The only problem is how will people remember to use the certain tag we decide on. On way that I think would work is if we could force the suggestion list to always begin with “Answer”. Is there a way to do that?

It would be great if users could browse the most liked “Answers” or “Cantabile Tips” somehow.

Thanks for any advice on achieving this goal.

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-and-question-about-how-to-best-mark-topics-as-answer/191598/2 "2021-05-25T16:14:05Z")

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Hello there 👋

I don’t think using tags is a good idea as users will probably forget.

Have you heard of these plugins? I hope this is what you were after. We use the solved plugin and it works like a charm.

> [@Discourse Category Experts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts/190814):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Category Experts allows users to endorse each other as experts in specific categories. Category experts’ posts are decorated to highlight their expertise.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-experts](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-experts)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)TL;DR Create an expert group for each of the specific categories you want to enable expert endorsements. To learn how to create groups, se…

> [@Discourse Solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved-accepted-answer-plugin/30155):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Solved allows users to accept solutions on topics in designated categories.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Enabling Solved The Solved plugin can be enabled from its settings, accessed from your admin/plugins page: After enabling the plugin, to switch on Solved for all categories use the allow solved on all topics site setting. Alternati…

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### Author: ![dsteinschneider](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dsteinschneider/32/221884_2.png) [@dsteinschneider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsteinschneider)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-and-question-about-how-to-best-mark-topics-as-answer/191598/3 "2021-05-25T17:31:19Z")

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Thanks for the links - I knew there were plugins for Discourse but didn’t think to look there. Our small forum definitely knows who the experts are! The Solved plugin looks promising.
