in reply to The Plethora of Code Sections

I don't like change, much less premature change. I do like the monastery, and the fact that it is ever evolving, and this seems like an inevitable move (restructuring).

But, what seems more important is providing a similar type categorization effort for SOPW. But how would you split it up? Seekers of POE Wisdom? CGI Wisdom? fork Wisdom? thread Wisdom? HTML::Template Wisdom? Huh?

update: I like the snippets section the way it is. I also like Cool Uses For Perl, because they don't actually have to contain code. Code Catacombs is what we need to moderate more (aka, most stuff should end up here to be properly categorized by moderators), and Craft needs to disappear.

I'm not sure I wanna touch Perl Poetry and Obfuscation.

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Re: Re: The Plethora of Code Sections
by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Feb 24, 2003 at 07:21 UTC
    Maybe what we need is something along the lines of a drop down menu when posting in SOPW so that it would categorize the question? I realize you can do this in the title, but it's just a suggestion.

    There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling now.

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      This reminds me, we still haven't made the keyword nodelet useful ...

      MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
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Re: Re: The Plethora of Code Sections
by zby (Vicar) on Feb 24, 2003 at 10:27 UTC
    I believe what is needed is an explanation how this or other feature would be usefull. Let's take SoPW categorization:
    - when you ask a question you don't really want to narrow the audience
    - when you answer you might want to narrow the questions to those that are in the scope of your knowlege, but actually I like to read all the questions and then browse the answers - to learn something new
    - only when you are searching the database for discussions it would be really usefull
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Re: Re: The Plethora of Code Sections
by BigLug (Chaplain) on Feb 24, 2003 at 09:00 UTC
    I agree with your post entirely podmaster. The only restructing that's needed is to kill Craft and to categorise the Catacombs. The FAQlet Where should I post X? now indicates that people shouldn't post to Craft.
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      Perl Monks is run by a few kind individuals that keep the place tidy in their spare time. These changes won't be implemented overnight. Even though there have been few posts to the area, you can't rely on people reading the documentation telling them not to post in Craft. For the time being, the links to Craft should be removed. The code will still be searchable until it's moved at a later date.

      John J Reiser
      newrisedesigns.com

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