[hibernate-dev] Disallow uncategorized topics

[Sanne Grinovero]

On 22 May 2018 at 10:15, Yoann Rodiere <yoann at 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 <sanne at 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 <yoann at 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
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>> > Software Engineer
>> > Hibernate NoORM team
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> Yoann Rodiere
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> Software Engineer
> Hibernate NoORM team