✅ SOLVED SOLVED

[Bruce R]

This forum is really back logged, can't the threads marked "solved " be automatically moved somewhere else

 

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[SkaBa]

As you have pointed out, just because something is marked Solved doesn't mean that it is true.

If you constantly refresh your browser, you will see if you had viewed that thread without any additions.

 

[Bruce R]

I get what you're saying, but if the original poster considered it solved shouldn't we respect that and move on ? I've noticed that once the original poster is satisfied, they seem to drop out of the thread completely anyway.

 

[SkaBa]

Well, as others have repeatedly said - TNET is the best place for a CORRECT identification. Even if the OP has dropped out.

Not trying to rag on you.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I think this one can be marked SOLVED.LOL

 

[jeff of pa]

well I would suggest if you see the Icon & it bugs you,
Don't click on it
if it disappears to somewhere else it may be ignored by someone with an Identical item.

Problem

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

No way Bruce. Why hide all our hard work and effort? These solved threads are very helpful to others. Many people enjoy reading the solved posts including myself. If you see the big green check, and you prefer not to read them, just ignore it like Jeff said.

 

[Bruce R]

I don't mean that they should be hidden, not at all. Its all very important information. I simply meant that they be moved to another section marked Solved, a section all to itself in its own right. I'll point out that "Today's Finds" are supposed to be recent, ergo, solved is solved.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Edit-note: BruceR's newest reply arrived while I was typing this post.

In my opinion, a major part of TreasureNet's value to the relc-digging community is its "archive" of solved What-Is-It forum relic-identifition requests. The What-Is-It Archive is a huge relic encyclopedia, covering multiple centuries of relics, which is a LOT more than is in any of the "multi-subject" relic-identification books, such as Stanley Phillips' "Excavated Artifacts" or Howard Crouch's "Civil War Artifacts" book.

That being said... a simple but powerful reason not to delete the "Solved" posts is that we frequently give newcomers a link to previous What Is It? forum posts where their newly-found relic got correctly identified. The PHOTOGRAPHIC proof-of-ID in the archived old What-Is-It posts is priceless.

I have a personal reason for being glad the "Solved" posts don't get deleted. I want to expand my education in relic identification. So I enjoy looking back through past years of Solved posts here. They are quite educational. They are one of the reasons I am able to answer so many relic-ID requests.

In my neverending quest for additional relic-knowledge, the "Solved" notification is helpful... it keeps me from wasting my time clicking on old posts that never got solved.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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I don't mean that they should be hidden, not at all. Its all very important information. I simply meant that they be moved to another section marked Solved, a section all to itself in its own right. I'll point out that "Today's Finds" are supposed to be recent, ergo, solved is solved.

Well it took years to get people to even mark them with the green check. And many still go unmarked. But IMO the green checks are made with great pride and are some of the most interesting threads. I think they should stay right where they are so we can quickly see how many are actually successfully solved.

When I first saw your post, I thought you were trying to help get them properly marked. I tried for many years. Many threads are solved but remain unmarked. It would be nice to see more green checks. And let me make this perfectly clear, that a green check does not mean the thread has ended. Its possible to disagree at a later date and/or add important information on the item. I actually disagreed with a What Is It banner thousand year old Chinese coin find and proved it was actually a modern token. It turned out the member wasnt happy but at least he didnt take revenge on me (like some others have threatened to do) lol.

WII threads are not time limited like Todays Finds. They live on forever in the archives as important reference. A post from 2004 could easily be bumped right back up to the top, solved or not.

 

[Bruce R]

Ok, Im bowing out of this, but...................maybe an unsolved mysteries section

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Ok, Im bowing out of this, but...................maybe an unsolved mysteries section

We have plenty of them. What about "The Best of the What Is It Forum?"

 

[Bruce R]

Ok, I'll go with that, first thing tomorrow? LOL