[hibernate-dev] Disallow uncategorized topics

[Sanne Grinovero]

On 22 May 2018 at 10:30, Yoann Rodiere <yoann at 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 <sanne at hibernate.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >> > yoann at hibernate.org / yrodiere at redhat.com
>> >> > Software Engineer
>> >> > Hibernate NoORM team
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>> > Yoann Rodiere
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>> > Software Engineer
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>
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> Yoann Rodiere
> yoann at hibernate.org / yrodiere at redhat.com
> Software Engineer
> Hibernate NoORM team