I can create a category named " " and force users to pick something explicitly, but it will render poorly, especially on the home page.
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. 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 _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
