+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 <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com > Software Engineer > Hibernate NoORM team > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev

On 22 May 2018 at 10:15, Yoann Rodiere <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 >> > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com >> > Software Engineer >> > Hibernate NoORM team >> > _______________________________________________ >> > hibernate-dev mailing list >> > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > > -- > Yoann Rodiere > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com > Software Engineer > Hibernate NoORM team

On 22 May 2018 at 10:30, Yoann Rodiere <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: >> >> On 22 May 2018 at 10:15, Yoann Rodiere <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; >> > 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 <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; 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 >> >> > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com >> >> > Software Engineer >> >> > Hibernate NoORM team >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > hibernate-dev mailing list >> >> > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev >> > >> > -- >> > Yoann Rodiere >> > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com >> > Software Engineer >> > Hibernate NoORM team > > -- > Yoann Rodiere > yoann(a)hibernate.org / yrodiere(a)redhat.com > Software Engineer > Hibernate NoORM team