Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-16 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On 05/15/2016 09:22 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 19:11:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote: >> Key information I want to know is in the spirit of "what is happening >> upstream? how will it affect my job?". > > I agree - what I really want to see is the core contributors (starting, >

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-16 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 5/16/16 12:05 AM, Joakim wrote: OK,that should be doable. If Vlad adds a header at the top of the General forum that'll show up above every thread, something like this: Please mark any post or thread that doesn't reference the D language as [OT]. Also, right below that line, a checkbox

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 18:33:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 5/14/16 11:46 AM, Joakim wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT]

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 19:11:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote: Key information I want to know is in the spirit of "what is happening upstream? how will it affect my job?". I agree - what I really want to see is the core contributors (starting, but not limited to Walter and Andrei themselves) just

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 19:02:57 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 09:48:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote: To me it makes no difference, information to noise ration of main NG is just too bad, mark stuff [OT] or not. I think the bigger problem is that interesting discussions just

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 09:48:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote: To me it makes no difference, information to noise ration of main NG is just too bad, mark stuff [OT] or not. I think the bigger problem is that interesting discussions just don't happen. I'm subscribed to the Phobos, dmd-internal, and

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 5/14/16 11:46 AM, Joakim wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is not releated to the D

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 5/14/16 10:32 AM, Mike James wrote: A lot of message forums have an "Off Topic" section for non subject related discussion. Why not create such a section? Doesn't work. Individual posts should be marked with [OT], not entire threads. Any given thread may have random OT comments. -- Andrei

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On 05/14/2016 03:07 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, > and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when > posting anything that is not releated to the D language. > > Thanks, > > Andrei To me it makes no

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-15 Thread Seb via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 19:34:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/14/2016 9:31 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Saturday, May 14, 2016 13:27:17 ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d wrote: Or just unsubscribe those groups from github. dmd, for example, doesn't get messages from

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 5/14/2016 9:31 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Saturday, May 14, 2016 13:27:17 ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d wrote: Or just unsubscribe those groups from github. dmd, for example, doesn't get messages from github anymore. I actually like having a mailing list that gets all

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Ann W. Griffith via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 16:59:32 UTC, Chris wrote: I think Adam's suggestion is good. Just ignore things you're not interested in (although it can sometimes cost you €73, if you ignore threads ;) 73€ ? Do you talk about the free book ?

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, May 14, 2016 13:27:17 ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Or just unsubscribe those groups from github. dmd, for example, > doesn't get messages from github anymore. I actually like having a mailing list that gets all of those messages, though it really doesn't work to have it then

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. I have a better idea: add an ignore thread button to dfeed. If you see a thread or a post you don't care about, you

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Mike James via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 14:41:06 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 14:32:03 UTC, Mike James wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum.

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 14:32:03 UTC, Mike James wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Mike James via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is not releated to the D language. Thanks, Andrei A lot of

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:22:09 UTC, Seb wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:16:56 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Seb via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:16:56 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 5/14/16 4:16 PM, ZombineDev wrote: What do you think about promoting the Study group to the level of General, so we can use it for technical discussions and leave General for the rest? It has become clear to me we need to create one more forum. -- Andrei

Re: Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 13:07:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is not releated to the D language. Thanks, Andrei What do

Please mark off-topic discussions with [OT]

2016-05-14 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
The thread "Github names & avatars" is not related to the D language, and adds much traffic to the forum. Please place [OT] in title when posting anything that is not releated to the D language. Thanks, Andrei