[hibernate-dev] Disallow uncategorized topics

[Yoann Rodiere]

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 <sanne at hibernate.org> wrote:

> 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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> >> >
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> >> > Software Engineer
> >> > Hibernate NoORM team
> >
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> > Yoann Rodiere
> > yoann at hibernate.org / yrodiere at redhat.com
> > Software Engineer
> > Hibernate NoORM team
>
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Yoann Rodiere
yoann at hibernate.org / yrodiere at redhat.com
Software Engineer
Hibernate NoORM team