Mike
I've unmarked the post there marked as an answer as per your request in that thread.
I would like to add my 2 cents worth here, as I mark useful and potential answers in these forums too. Hemendra is one of two volunteer moderators who do a lot in the SharePoint forums (the other being Trevor Seward). He was vetted
by Ed Price and the forum owners before being appointed.
Additionally, when the forums were changed from a medal system to a points system a years ago, all self marked answers would have been deducted from his (and everyones) points total. He doesn't serve any self interests in marking this up as an answer.
As to why would a post be marked as the answer? We as the moderating team in the forum are quite used to seeing a "fire and forget" approach to theads. Someone will typically post something useful and vanish or an OP won't mark a response to
thier question. A lot of useful information can be lost into the technical ether without anyfactor to differentiate it from other posts. Yours is a useful post that may help someone else and I suspect it was marked up as such.
Looking at the chronology of that post.
- Posted September 23rd
- Marked as an answer October 7th
I think it's a little harsh to cry foul play because of one honest mistake. I'd also point out that outside of the paid MS staff, the support forums are mostly filled with answers and useful posts from volunteers. We do for
the most part run a good ship.
