To have a proper way of tagging a topic as solved

[TheWizardBear]

Two related topics created since this one:
(They are about unanswered topics but I think that unsolved would be better.)

Put Questions with 0 answers on top

I think it Would be better to have unanswered questions always be at the top, so that questions don‘t just die away unanswered. And if a question is unanswered for more than a week, Even though it was at the top, then just let it Go Down like they do now, or inform the Poster, that no answer was found.

Unanswered Topics Button

“Unanswered” Button This would be like the “Latest” and “Top” headers at the top of the page except it would say something like “Unanswered”. It would link to a page listing all topics without replies. This would be useful for people posting a topic that didn’t/doesn’t get seen by many people and hasn’t got any replies and also useful for anyone looking for a new discussion. Possible problems: There might already be something like this? (though I couldn’t find anything similar) There might…

I think that only mods can mark topics as “solved”–not even the creator.
If this is the case I definitely think it should be changed.