Other ways of closing threads

[SeanAdams]

Currently the only way that a thread can be closed on the discussion boards is if it's solved, however there are several cases where it cannot be solved because it's identified a defect, or something that would be an idea for the product.

In these cases, can we have an option to close this thread (so that folk can see it's done) even if it's not solved with a different closure indicator?

I can think of a few:

- Transfer to idea

- Transfer to defect/bug

- Abandoned

[SeanAdams]

Having looked closer at the Lithium API:

- this may be partner dependant (on the Lithium team)

- for things that are just a posting like "this is what I've found", we can move these to knowledge base.

[JeffS]

Hey @SeanAdams, I can certainly see your point here. I'm going to review this with my team further to see what makes sense. I'll comment back whenever I have some news.

[WillM]

On the surface, I understand the want for this idea to be implemented, but logistically this would be incredibly difficult and require a lot of meticulous work on the part of our moderators as well as other community members.  Because of the extra time involved, as well as our intention for different types of posts to be individually created (ie, bugs and defects going to support), I'm moving this to Not Planned.