Forum category organization

Sure, then the review can be updated to reflect those solutions.

So far, product reviews have been placed in the corresponding product category, with the review label applied.

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Looks like 5 unanimous votes within 24 hours on the poll is enough to implement the proposed categories (v2).

without having read all the detailed discussion about this, i would just like to say that i noticed JC recategorizing some topics i have opened and i appreciated it. iā€™m happy to see such work being done. thanks!

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I have been flagging multiple threads in the background and also prepared batch operations via PM to @JCS, so you can expect the forums to get nice and tidy around here.

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A little food for thought:
Sorry to seem picayune w/ this, but in this crazy day and age, one could avoid the risk of nemesis or stranger, maybe competition - that is, inclusivity is the buzz-noun of the month, so opposite of ā€œwhiningā€ would be, what? I like ā€œRants and Ravesā€ as it includes both sides.
Makes it easier too for Mods. And, people know what to expect in such a forum. The Good with the Bad and Mods could step if it gets Ugly.
Iā€™ve been through many forums that also have a Flame section. Anything goes that is not breaking, not even bending, the law. Most Flame are by invitation only.

Some say that such Rant & Rave, and/or Flame forum invite and generate rants and flames. Personally, I see it as driving those things to where they belong so they donā€™t interfere with the other forums.

Just sayā€™n sā€™all
~s~c

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There are many antonyms for ā€œwhiningā€, but ā€œgratitudeā€ comes off the top of my head, as well as ā€œpraisesā€ or even ā€œtestimonialsā€.

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I could be wrong but I think you are a little late to the party with the extra food. @JCS has put up his proposal, feedback has been given, discussions had ā€¦ and the forum reorganised to fit the new hierarchy of categories resulting from that discussion.

I think that, in a quirk of the English language, ā€¦

(as verbs)

  • ā€œrant and raveā€ always implies the use of ā€œraveā€ in a negative sense, whereas
  • ā€œraveā€ by itself can be either negative or positive, depending on context.

As such, I think this might be too confusing or too subtle for non-native English speakers. If this were a forum for native English speakers discussing matters of English expression or writing style or whatever similar then Iā€™m sure the ambiguity and wordplay would be appreciated. :wink:

:+1:

That was my goal, not to prevent anyone from having their rant but just to confine their rant to one subcategory rather than plastered all over the forum.


@JCS Iā€™m hoping that you intend to fill in all the category descriptions and just havenā€™t found time yet.

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