Request Close
 

A couple members of mine suggested it might be useful to be able to request that their thread be closed. After reading about this, I actually agree, it would be awesome if the thread creator could request their thread be closed.

Does anyone know of a good way to approach implementing such functionality into vBulletin?

I did do a brief search of the MOD section but no results.

Look forward to the replies,

Thanks, Mark.

Just have them hit the Report this Post button and request that it be closed.

Interesting solution.....

With that in mind:

Would it be possible to use the functionality of Report a Post to fuel the request a close. By that I mean, if the user clicks the "request close" link, instead of the "Report a Thread" heading being shown, it has something more tailored for the "Request a Close".

Also, once a thread is reported on my forum, a new thread is created in the Moderation area which details the reported post information (vBulletin functionality). Would it be possible to also adjust how that is presented to a more "Request a Close" feel?

I suppose what I'm getting at is, is there a method that could be taken in order to distinguish between "Report a Post" and "Request a Close" in the "Report a Post" template.

I suppose you could add a new field to the Report a Post form and if that field is set to true then *it does something* different for the post.

Do you get a lot of reported posts every day or do you think you'll get a lot of requests for close? If not, it might not be worth the effort to write a mod for something that just isn't needed much.

My community is quiet large, although its subject matter attracts a very quiet user base that tends not to cause problems within the community so we rarely encounter issues where posts / threads need to be reported.

I'm not entirely sure if the "Request a Close" would be used enough to justify extensive modification.

Prior to you posting #4, I was considering the addition of another forum where users could post, but not view or reply to their threads. The link for "Request a Close" could be available to only the thread creator via:

Assuming that works, it could be a link to a "Create Thread" link in that private forum and moderators could review the requests and deal with them as they come in.

That might be an acceptable solution to this.

On a side note, it was your suggestion which got my thought path on that track. Thanks :)

Still - I think the Report Post feature provides all the necessary functionality.

There was a mod that allowed you to have radio buttons on the form and users could select a 'reason' for reporting the post. You might be able to use that and then modify the reported post thread title to use that 'reason' in the title. I don't remember the name of the mod though.

Sorry for my late response been swamped with work.

Great idea, I'm going to browse for that.

Thanks again Lynne.

I edited the Report Post to allow members to request that their post be closed, I have been doing this for a couple of years now...It gets used a lot.