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QUESTION: Does a respondent's forum status improve when he is
designated as having provided a proper solution?
DILEMMA
I am torn between providing a summary statement that
acknowledges who provided what information, but is of my own
authorship, and stealing points from my own benefactor. I prefer a
summary statement, because it helps me to clarify what I have
learned, and it provides forum participants, who might later be
interested in my topic, with a clear answer to my question.
Roddy

Answer 1

kiusau wrote:
> I am torn between providing a summary statement that
acknowledges who provided
> what information, but is of my own authorship, and
stealing points from my own
> benefactor. I prefer a summary statement, because it
helps me to clarify what
> I have learned, and it provides forum participants, who
might later be
> interested in my topic, with a clear answer to my
question.
If it helps you, fine. As Nancy says, there are no bonus
points (at
least not yet, although Community Help does have a points
system, so it
might change here too).
In theory, a good summary should help other users, but sadly
very few
people bother to search the forum before asking questions.
One reason is
because the current search system is worse than useless.
Another is
sheer laziness. I understand that Adobe plans to upgrade the
forums
sometime in the not too distant future. Hopefully, a good
search feature
will be included.
In the meantime, the best way to search is to use Google
groups
http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.dreamweaver/topics?hl=en&lnk).
All these forum posts are mirrored there for ease of
searching.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4",
"PHP Solutions" & "PHP Object-Oriented Solutions"
http://foundationphp.com/