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"Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can close questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is t...
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Monica Cellio
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2022-10-26T00:31:59Z (about 2 years ago)
- "Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can *close* questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is to say "no more answers" and articles don't have answers to begin with, so what does it mean to close one? But maybe we need to bring that back in some form?
- With the forthcoming filters feature, you'll be able to use question status (open, closed, duplicate) in filter rules. If we wanted articles to have status too, what should the options be?
- Another option: in the discussion of [this request for cross-category duplicate closure](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/698), I proposed that articles could have a single close option, "duplicate".
If we made one of those changes to the code, then there would be a way to change the state of articles in a filterable way. I'm going to ask the team about the feasibility of cross-category duplicates, which would help here, but I can't make any promises since I can't just go write the code myself.
- "Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can *close* questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is to say "no more answers" and articles don't have answers to begin with, so what does it mean to close one? But maybe we need to bring that back in some form?
- With the forthcoming filters feature, you'll be able to use question status (open, closed, duplicate) in filter rules. If we wanted articles to have status too, what should the options be?
- Another option: in the discussion of [this request for cross-category duplicate closure](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/698), I proposed that articles could have a single close option, "duplicate".
- If we made one of those changes to the code, then there would be a way to change the state of articles in a filterable way. I'm going to ask the team about the feasibility of cross-category duplicates, which would help here, but I can't make any promises since I can't just go write the code myself.
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- Followup: I've [posted on Meta about closing articles, current limitations, and hopes & dreams](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/283920/287316#answer-287316).
#2: Post edited
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Monica Cellio
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2022-10-14T01:47:15Z (about 2 years ago)
found a related issue
- "Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can *close* questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is to say "no more answers" and articles don't have answers to begin with, so what does it mean to close one? But maybe we need to bring that back in some form?
- With the forthcoming filters feature, you'll be able to use question status (open, closed, duplicate) in filter rules. If we wanted articles to have status too, what should the options be?
- "Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can *close* questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is to say "no more answers" and articles don't have answers to begin with, so what does it mean to close one? But maybe we need to bring that back in some form?
- With the forthcoming filters feature, you'll be able to use question status (open, closed, duplicate) in filter rules. If we wanted articles to have status too, what should the options be?
- Another option: in the discussion of [this request for cross-category duplicate closure](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/698), I proposed that articles could have a single close option, "duplicate".
- If we made one of those changes to the code, then there would be a way to change the state of articles in a filterable way. I'm going to ask the team about the feasibility of cross-category duplicates, which would help here, but I can't make any promises since I can't just go write the code myself.
#1: Initial revision
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Monica Cellio
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2022-10-14T01:31:51Z (about 2 years ago)
"Finalized" (or "cancelled") seems like it should be a property of the post. We can *close* questions -- but not articles. I think that was a change at some point, because the point of closing is to say "no more answers" and articles don't have answers to begin with, so what does it mean to close one? But maybe we need to bring that back in some form? With the forthcoming filters feature, you'll be able to use question status (open, closed, duplicate) in filter rules. If we wanted articles to have status too, what should the options be?