Done: users must now choose a category, and may use "Miscellaneous" if their topic really doesn't fit any category.
On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 11:48 Sanne Grinovero <sa...@hibernate.org> wrote: > On 22 May 2018 at 10:30, Yoann Rodiere <yo...@hibernate.org> wrote: > > I can create a category named " " and force users to pick something > > explicitly, but it will render poorly, especially on the home page. > > Just a joke. More seriously I was wondering if there was some way. > > > What's wrong with "Miscellaneous"? I can use another name if you want. > > "Cannot categorize" or something like that. I can even try naming it > > "Uncategorized", but there's already a "system" category with this name > > (only enabled if we don't enforce categories), so I'm not sure if > Discourse > > will allow that. > > Nothing decidedly wrong with it. Just my last preference; IMO I'd > prefer keeping things as they are, but no strong feeling. > > Thanks > > > > > On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 11:22 Sanne Grinovero <sa...@hibernate.org> > wrote: > >> > >> On 22 May 2018 at 10:15, Yoann Rodiere <yo...@hibernate.org> wrote: > >> > I counted at least 3 mis-categorized topics just this weekend, and > >> > beyond > >> > the notification we also have to categorize them ourselves. > >> > > >> > Unfortunately I can't "encourage" without enforcing a strict rule. > >> > Discourse > >> > only has an option to force people to chose a category, not an option > to > >> > make it more obvious that people should chose a category. > >> > That's why I suggested the "Miscellaneous" category: they will be > forced > >> > to > >> > pick a category, but if nothing fits they can always pick > >> > "Miscellaneous". > >> > Obviously I don't imagine that people will think "Miscellaneous" will > >> > fit > >> > their needs exactly, that's a last resort. > >> > >> Ah. What about a "" category ? Maybe that will encourage people to > >> stop a second and think about it, yet have the option to go ahead? > >> > >> > > >> > On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 11:06 Sanne Grinovero <sa...@hibernate.org> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> +1 to encourage people to set a category > >> >> > >> >> but I wouldn't require strict rules, it's not like we're flooded with > >> >> notifications? > >> >> > >> >> In particular, I see no value in a "Miscellaneous" category; it's not > >> >> like people are going to think "cool, Miscellaneous is exactly what I > >> >> was looking for". > >> >> > >> >> On 22 May 2018 at 09:43, Yoann Rodiere <yo...@hibernate.org> wrote: > >> >> > Hi, > >> >> > > >> >> > We've seen a few posts on discourse lately without any category. > More > >> >> > often > >> >> > than not, these are about ORM (which makes sense since most posts > are > >> >> > about > >> >> > ORM). > >> >> > > >> >> > This is a bit annoying since it makes it hard to configure > Discourse > >> >> > to > >> >> > only receive notifications about topics we want to actively > monitor. > >> >> > > >> >> > Would anyone object to disallowing uncategorized topics? I can > create > >> >> > a > >> >> > "Miscellaneous" category if you want, but I'd really like people to > >> >> > pick > >> >> > a > >> >> > category when they create a topic. > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Yoann Rodiere > >> >> > yo...@hibernate.org / yrodi...@redhat.com > >> >> > Software Engineer > >> >> > Hibernate NoORM team > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > hibernate-dev mailing list > >> >> > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > >> >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Yoann Rodiere > >> > yo...@hibernate.org / yrodi...@redhat.com > >> > Software Engineer > >> > Hibernate NoORM team > > > > -- > > Yoann Rodiere > > yo...@hibernate.org / yrodi...@redhat.com > > Software Engineer > > Hibernate NoORM team > -- Yoann Rodiere yo...@hibernate.org / yrodi...@redhat.com Software Engineer Hibernate NoORM team _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev