# Mark as Solution feature?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [10월 21, 2016, 12:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852 "2016-10-21T12:37:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 12:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/1 "2016-10-21T12:37:27Z")
Hi,
I have noticed that when you mark posts as solved, you can only do this on the _comments_ to an original topic post, not on the first post itself.
I have seen situations where a user may posted a question, only to end up finding the answer themselves, but then updating the same initial topic post with the details of the answer (for everyone else’s benefit) - there is no way currently to mark that original topic post as the solution - other than the standard _[Solved]_ prefix.
I have actually just done the exact thing myself on a [different topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-searching-with-in-wiki-category/51851/1), which is what reminded me of it.
Would this have any merit for a future feature?
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### Author:  [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 12:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/2 "2016-10-21T12:53:09Z")
Maybe, but note that this is a plugin, not plain old Discourse: [Discourse Solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved-accepted-answer-plugin/30155)
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 2:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/3 "2016-10-21T14:16:11Z")
As a workaround you could have replied to yourself with the solution 😉
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### Author:  [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 2:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/4 "2016-10-21T14:30:54Z")
Hi @KevinWorkman, ah I didn’t realise that, I only really see the front end of our Discourse solution, so I’m not familiar with the install/setup/configuration as such - thanks for letting me know. I guess then, as a plugin, it’s unlikely to change.
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### Author:  [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 2:32오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/5 "2016-10-21T14:32:26Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
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> As a workaround you could have replied to yourself with the solution 😉
lol, thanks @zogstrip, the amount of time I already spend talking to myself is fairly high though! 😉 Additionally, I seem to remember a little div popping up on the forum telling me to not post again and again and again with replies and instead to update the post - I was trying to be well behaved 🙂
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### Author:  [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 2:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/6 "2016-10-21T14:49:35Z")
> [@RobMeade](#):
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> I guess then, as a plugin, it’s unlikely to change.
Eh, I wouldn’t say that plugins are less likely to change than plain old Discourse. In fact I was mostly letting you know it was a plugin so you could @ the developer of the plugin (who happens to also be a developer of Discourse) directly.
I’m not saying it definitely will change (especially because I like the reply-to-yourself option better myself), but I wouldn’t completely dismiss the idea of a plugin changing either. Some of them are under pretty active development.
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### Author:  [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 4:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/7 "2016-10-21T16:14:36Z")
Ahh! I didn’t realise, sorry, apologies for any offence caused, not intentional - didn’t realise about the plugins also being developer here, assumed third party / another site etc. Have just seen the plugins forum so will head over there and reference back this thread too - thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [10월 21, 2016, 8:28오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/8 "2016-10-21T20:28:17Z")