how can an admin answer own question and accept it?

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It seems to me the answer should be:

To get this done I am thinking of having the following settings:

• minimum reputation to accept one's own answer, with admins and mods exempt from the limit
• minimum days to wait to allow such acceptance (can be 0)
• enable/disable the feature

The "acceptor" does not earn reputation in such cases.

Looking forward to this functionality! If I knew python, I'd dive right in. I looked at the code, but it's not quite like php or javascript which I'm more used to. Maybe with a little advice, I could take up the task.

UPDATED:

Okay, I realized Python is not that hard after all. I've implemented this on my server, along with a "minimum days to wait or minimum rep to override" function for answering one's own question (as per stackexchange) and admin exemption for both. I haven't added the ability to turn the feature off yet. I had to change the following files:

• askbot/auth.py

• askbot/conf/minimum_reputation.py

• askbot/conf/vote_rules.py

• askbot/models/__init__.py

• askbot/skins/default/templates/faq.html

The changes create a new min_rep for selecting own answer and a new vote/flag setting for min_days to answer one's own question. It now checks whether one has enough rep to select one's own question, and whether a) one has enough rep to immediately answer one's own question or b) the min number of days has passed for new users to answer their own questions. Own questions can be answered and own answers can be selected if the requirements are met.

Also, forgot to mention, I added a check to auth.py so answering your own question shouldn't gain you rep or badges.

I've posted the new code here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/7w_PxlNR/askbot.html

Let me know if I've missed anything.

i dont understand what is so confusing about administrator account -

administrators account should be like a moderator account + the rights to edit moderators accounts + the rights to add and edit all the content on the site