Suggestion 1
At the time of writing (July 26, 2010), if I mark my post to a thread as a proposed answer and subsequently change my mind, I cannot unmark my post as the proposed answer. I suggest I should be able to change my mind and unmark my post as the
proposed answer.
Suggestion 2
If the originator of a thread marks my post as a proposed answer, or if a Microsoft moderator marks my post as the answer, and I subsequently realise that my post is not the answer, I cannot unmark my post as the answer or indicate disagreement with the
markings of my own posts.
Reasons
The reason this has arisen is in the following thread, to which I contributed. It took some to arrive at a final solution. Some of my posts along the way were half right and some were marked as the proposed answer or as the answer.
I think that my final contribution to the thread is the right answer and, as a result of previous markings by others, I have marked my last post as a proposed answer.
I would agree that readers of the thread won't be misled if they read the whole thread. Nonetheless, I think contributors should be allowed to indicate a change of mind or a divergence of view, as suggested above.
Here is the thread where this arose:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/accessdev/thread/f667bfac-7b3d-4a92-83e7-4910b03ee92e
