Viewing the user who marks the solution

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The discussion addresses how to identify the user who marks a post as the solution in a Discourse topic. sps initially asks if there is a way to see who marked a reply as a solution, noting that standard notifications only go to the reply author and topic starter. They express concern about users marking their own replies to boost statistics and want to verify if admins or moderators are performing the action.

Moin suggests using the Data Explorer with specific queries to track solution markings. JammyDodger points to an open feature request to display the user who marked the answer as correct, which sps supports and adds their voice to. sps clarifies that they are looking for a solution accessible to non-admin roles, such as category mods and regular users.

Finally, mbauman announces that this functionality is now supported. An admin page toggle, which is disabled by default, allows administrators to enable the display of the user who marked the solution. Once enabled, this information is visible on the site, providing transparency regarding who solved the topic.

Hi everyone :waving_hand:

I’m recently facing an issue where I want to know if the author of the post marked a reply as a solution or if it was an admin/mod.

I currently have no idea how to figure that out or if Discourse even shows that.

IIRC, Discourse only sends a notification to the author of the reply and the author of the topic if someone else marks the solution.

This will also help to keep in check if someone is just marking their own replies as solutions to boost stats.

You can use the data explorer to find that out

There’s also this open Contribute > Feature request you may find interesting and want to add your voice to:

Thank you @Moin

I mean the ability to view who marked solutions for non-admin roles like category mods and even regular users as well.

Thanks @JammyDodger

I have added to the open feature request you shared.

I’d really appreciate it if everyone could view who marked the solution.

This is now supported! The admin page has a new toggle (default off) that enables it.

On our site with that config enabled, it looks like this: