Re: Not Perl questions

A good idea. Sticking to the monastery metaphore it could also be called something like "Outside the Gates" or maybe "Blasphemy".

It should still remain close to perl though, and not just an off topic area.

UPDATE: It would appear that my fellow monks do not agree - so let me put it this way. People will post off topic - it just happens. If there is a clearly labeled area for this then it is much easier to avoid and ignore. As it is now there are often off topic posts which meet quite a lot of hostility in the regular areas. This is a shame as on the whole the monastery is a very friendly place. Also with an off topic area any out of place posts in the regular areas can be moved over to it without annoying anyone. Call it a sin bin if you like.

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Re: Re: Not Perl questions by freddo411 (Chaplain) on Jun 19, 2003 at 17:38 UTC
I believe your proposal is well considered. I have read many a node that centered around a problem on windows, problems with HTML, etc. These topics exist and are relavent to perlmonks because Perl (as glue) is often used in these contexts. Currently all questions are lumped together in SoPW, without any categorization. One has to scan the titles to discover the subject matter and to decide if this is interesting at that moment or not. The advantage of the current system is one's exposure to all aspects of Perl usage and the problems therein. This is IMHO, 'A Good Thing'. On the otherhand, if one wished to focus on one area (in order to provide wisdom) one has to scan the articles to attempt to discover ones of interest. Other web communities provide both categorization and a global view -- slashdot for example. Considering these factors, I don't favor another top level category. However, there would be wisdom in tagging nodes with a heirarchical categorization system. Cheers ------------------------------------- Nothing is too wonderful to be true -- Michael Faraday	[reply]

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Re: Re: Not Perl questions
by freddo411 (Chaplain) on Jun 19, 2003 at 17:38 UTC

Currently all questions are lumped together in SoPW, without any categorization. One has to scan the titles to discover the subject matter and to decide if this is interesting at that moment or not.

The advantage of the current system is one's exposure to all aspects of Perl usage and the problems therein. This is IMHO, 'A Good Thing'. On the otherhand, if one wished to focus on one area (in order to provide wisdom) one has to scan the articles to attempt to discover ones of interest. Other web communities provide both categorization and a global view -- slashdot for example.

Considering these factors, I don't favor another top level category. However, there would be wisdom in tagging nodes with a heirarchical categorization system.

Cheers

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