# Encouraging Q&A on Discourse
**URL:** https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57 "2021-11-09T01:48:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@badkins](https://racket.discourse.group/u/badkins)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57/1 "2021-11-09T01:48:14Z")
I see advantages in encouraging people to ask their questions on Discourse vs. Slack/Discord. I’m assuming we have an unlimited archive on Discourse, so the searchability is a big plus over Slack in particular.
How can this best be done? Should we have a “Help Desk” category, or something similar?
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### Author:  [@pmatos](https://racket.discourse.group/u/pmatos)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57/2 "2021-11-09T11:12:10Z")
I like this idea. Having the ability to search and link to useful replies is great. So much knowledge went down the drain with Slack… It’s a knowledge black hole.
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### Author:  [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57/3 "2021-11-09T13:46:11Z")
I think a Q&A category would be helpful if it was displayed on the front page
I like this layout where you have categories and descriptions on the left, and recent posts on the right, but there is also a boxes layout option too.
The box layout is shown on this page:
> **[How to change category display style and change the home page of the forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-category-display-style-and-change-the-home-page-of-the-forum/133498/2)**
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> What you are seeing on our #howto category page is set in the Subcategory List Style section of the category’s edit modal. To get subcategories to display in boxes, go to the category page and click the Edit button: Go to the edit window’s...
Check out what other language discourse do with this handy spreadsheet.
> **[Language fora](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WxnA2NYmj33w7TVA4QWwMQUaqh3lQzhE8MN6QSheyCQ/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> Sheet1
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> language,home,mailing lists,Discourse,Slack,zulip,IRC,Discord,reddit,Telegram,Forum,Blog,Q&A,News,Wiki,Gitter
> SUM,20,11,10,7,3,11,9,6,1,3,5,1,6,3,1
> Julia,3,https://julialang.org/,https://discourse.jul...
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### Author:  [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57/4 "2021-11-09T13:53:46Z")
The ‘Solved’ plugin might be suitable?
> **[Discourse Solved (Accepted answer plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/docs?category=&search=answers&tags=&topic=30155)**
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> Summary: The Discourse Solved plugin allows users to accept solutions on topics in designated categories. 🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-solved ➡ Install: Follow the plugin installation guide. Configuration Edit category you...
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### Author:  [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/encouraging-q-a-on-discourse/57/5 "2021-11-14T21:01:32Z")
Wow that was quick - Q&A responses can now be marked as a solution
