The possible problem with that is that if you don't know the answer toy our
question, you probably also don't know how difficult it is to solve! There
are numerous examples of posters asking for something they admit sounds very
complex, but which as a relatively simple solution. Conversely, people also
ask for something they think should be easy, and are suprised when solution
is complex.

As far as other users being able to see if an question was answered
correctly, generally, if you see 3 or more posts to a question, but see that
it hasn't been answered, you can check if see if the OP has responded and see
why the question hasn't been asnwered. Options are that the question is still
open, or OP forgot to signal that question has been answered.
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Best Regards,

Luke M
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"dhstein" wrote:

In the Microsoft forums, it might be useful to allow the Poster to specify
that it is a basic question, moderate, or expert level. This might help
people to understand better whether they can or should try to respond.
Sometimes, less experienced people might respond to a post - trying to be
helpful - but in fact they just misunderstand the question. The problem with
that, is that sometimes when a question gets answered, other people don't
bother to read it - even though the answer may have been wrong or otherwise
unhelpful. Thanks.

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