# Mark as Solution feature?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 21, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852 "2016-10-21T12:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobMeade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmeade/32/109119_2.png) [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solution-feature/51852/1 "2016-10-21T12:37:27Z")

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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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