Close a thread

[Guest]

If you see a thread that you think can be closed, just edit and try it out and let us know :)

[giesbert]

I see the edit bar with the following links under each post:
edit move delete
and under the first post additionally split merge
Is there some description, what to do with that?
And if I click on edit, I can edit the post like my ones, but not close the discussion.

[Guest]

You can check further with Marius .. looks like only admins can do it then ...

Under the first post, I see ...

• Make this an announcement
• Make this a sticky post
• Set post status to closed

[Guest]

Dinosaur Breeder: can become moderator of a subforum
Gene Splicer: can become moderator of the whole forum
Area 51 Engineer: can become admin of the forum

[giesbert]

The last one is missing for me, so I hope, Marius reads this tomorrow and answers :-)
And if for group forums, it should be admins, it's ok for me, I just wanted to know :-)

Thanks

[giesbert]

Area 51 is far, but gene splicer not... :-)

[Guest]

I volunteered late and jumped directly to admin role if I remember right :P ... so missed the intermediate step I guess.

[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292605407"]Area 51 is far, but gene splicer not... :-)[/quote]
The speed in which you are going, you will get to the top rank very soon :D

[mgran]

[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292605375"]The last one is missing for me, so I hope, Marius reads this tomorrow and answers :-)[/quote]

So you are missing the "Set post status to closed" option when you click edit on the thread starter post?

There are three levels of access on the forum, normal - moderator and admin. Yours and chetankjains moderation options should be the same, in theory at least :)

[giesbert]

I will check again and come back to you

[goetz]

I'm owner of Qt German group and therefore moderator in its forum, I do not have the "set post to closed" option either, when I click on the edit link for the thread starter post.

[giesbert]

That's what I see when I click on edit on the first entry of "http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2496":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2496:
!http://lh3.ggpht.com/_m1PNLlZctqY/TQufLb06T2I/AAAAAAAAACQ/_rxcTDoUzWw/s640/forum_edit.jpg(Image)!

[giesbert]

Isn't chetankjains admin in the forum? or is he moderator?

[mgran]

Oh, my apologies, chetankjain is an administrator of the forum and not a moderator. That explains the difference.

[giesbert]

Ok, so for language forums, we need to contact admins (that might not be in the group forum) to close a thread, right?

[mgran]

[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292607922"]Ok, so for language forums, we need to contact admins (that might not be in the group forum) to close a thread, right?[/quote]

Correct. We will add some guidelines on when closing a thread is the right thing to do. Please also see this thread for some background: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2272

[Guest]

[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292607922"]Ok, so for language forums, we need to contact admins (that might not be in the group forum) to close a thread, right?[/quote]

To close thread you can just post a comment against the thread and one of the admins will close it. Tobias, Denis and me have these rights along with the super admins (the devnet team)