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Hey. This is an open ended question to prompt discussion here. Not to flame / attack anyone.
Firstly thankyou for the q+a section - invaluable resourse.
My question is this. On several occasions I have seen threads deleted / moved / closed with the explanation of "wrong sub forum". That's it. I realise that modding is difficult. But surely to learn we need to know what's wrong with where we post not just that it is wrong.
One recent example is a thread asking about developing a piece of software to simplify sdcard splitting.
I would have thought development was the right place but the thread was closed and told that it was the wrong place. So, what defines development from q+a? If I have a question about development then should I post in both forums as it is development and a question?
Development is just that - DEVELOPMENT. Questions should NOT be asked there. Questions are to be asked here. No matter what kind of questions they are.
ok, that sounds sensible
milestone.it said:
ok, that sounds sensible
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Lol yesterday the entire front page of the development section was locked because ignorant people were posting questions when there is CLEARLY a Q&A section. Some of us camp out here to help people...Who ever said you're never going to get help in this section.
I often have questions that aren't directly related to the Nexus One or Android that I would like to ask my N1 brethren, but I don't feel right posting in the Q&A section.
Do people think we need such a section? If so, can we have one?
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What about the normal off topic section is not satisfactory to you? Wouldn't a nexus off topic be redundant?
But what happens when the question is targeted to nexus owners but is off topic?
For example: Hey, all nexus one owners out there. Do you find that your phone aids or detracts from your ability to make successful booty calls?
Just wondering if a Q&A sub forum is really needed? The General forum is already being almost exclusively used for Q&A, and people are reposting a lot of questions here that have already been asked and answered in the General...
Nirvana388 said:
Just wondering if a Q&A sub forum is really needed? The General forum is already being almost exclusively used for Q&A, and people are reposting a lot of questions here that have already been asked and answered in the General...
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I'm not sure, but according to the title of this forum, you're not supposed to post any questions to the other Forum. I don't know how useful it will be if people are limited to posting tips only there.
One good thing about this forum is that because the volume is smaller (for the moment) your posts are closer to the top and thus, easier to find.
Nirvana388 said:
Just wondering if a Q&A sub forum is really needed? The General forum is already being almost exclusively used for Q&A, and people are reposting a lot of questions here that have already been asked and answered in the General...
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i was asking myself the same thing the first day when they created it.
it's redundant to General forum
almost anyone posting will begin with a question, in the end General will become obsolete, and everyone will be using Q&A instead
maybe, but if this sticks to questions only, i like it
The Dev section is NOT for asking questions.....
The Dev section is NOT for general topics..........
All threads posted MUST be prefixed with a description of the thread, [ROM] / [Kernel] etc etc.....*
*(Not planning on being particuarly strict on this. You guys (the devs), know how to title a thread.... just a pointer for new devs.)
Basically, unless your thread is to actually release something or discuss something of a very technical and n00b unfriendly nature, it doesnt belong here!
Pretty simple really.....
If you see something that shouldnt be here then PM me....
I will try to check in as reguarly as I can but I have a few sections to keep an eye on and believe it or not, a life outside XDA
Yes thats right, there is life outside XDA
Cheers
I would like to say thanks to all those involved who got us our own development forum. This will most definitely help lessen the amount of people who will brick their devices by flashing stuff from the P7XXX series 8.9 tabs and vice versa.
My question now is: Is the new i957 forum only for development, or for all things concerning the i-957 specifically?
Thanks again!
Sticky in new forum
original_ganjaman said:
Hi to all
This is just to remind you this is for development only.
Please do not start Question or request threads. These threads go in the general section. I will usually close these threads if posted here.
Do not ask for ETAs on Roms, it just clutters up the thread and annoys the developer.
Anything i condone as spam will be instantly deleted.
Please do not post thank you. That is what the thanks button is for.
If anybody feels a post should be a sticky, please PM me with the reasoning.
Please report any posts that are out of place, or contain questionable content. They will be dealt with quickly!
So basically please only post ROM Development, Hacks, Mods, Fixes and Tutorials in this section.
Thank you for your attention, if you have any further questions. Please feel free to PM me
O_G
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thats in all dev forums
question answered: only for dev.
Now we just need to fill it up with some dev'ing goodness...
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