Could there be a Newbie Newbie forum in the future?

It would seem that the "Newbie" and "Gerneral" forums get treated like a garbage can where just about anything goes in them. I usually think that most of my threads belong in gereral but just about everything is in the Newbie forum. How about another thread catagory?It's just a thought. I assume that Newbie topics would be mostly gerneral newbie questions and not software newbie and network newbie etc. I don't have a solution but just wanted to point it out.

Are you suggesting "Newbie" versions of all of the forums on the site? Certainly we have to draw the line somewhere.

Perhaps some of the current newbies need to graduate and put their threads in the appropriate forum?

TG

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler It would seem that the "Newbie" and "Gerneral" forums get treated like a garbage can where just about anything goes in them.

I would think that "Linux - General" is the sort of technical "garbage can"...big /General is the garbage garbage can.

That sounds about right MrCode!

As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a perfect set of forums, and trying to make it so is a pretty futile exercise. Take my favorite example (and one for which there is a huge amount of evidence), wireless internet connections. We do have a Wireless forum, but problems also end up in Networking, Software, Hardware, Newbie and in the various distro forums. All of these choices are rational from the point of view of the poster, and I certainly can't find fault with them for their choices.

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler It would seem that the "Newbie" and "Gerneral" forums get treated like a garbage can where just about anything goes in them.

Could you give some examples of what you mean? Personally, I see the Newbie forum fulfilling two roles. First, it should be a place where new Linux users go first regardless of their question (after all we want them to ask the question, not futz around trying to figure out which forum is "perfect") and second, it should be a place where LQ members tread softly and give the posters a whole lot of extra leeway. Trying to get posts better classified by the type of question misses both of these goals.

Newbie and Linux-General are both general purpose forums - if it's not immediately obvious where to post (and your question is about Linux) then either forum can be used. If it does appear that there is a better home for a thread, we will move it.

If you are worried about your thread, look into using useful tags.

I don't think that adding a few more forum categories would do more harm than good.

1. Media forum: Has video players ,CD/DVD burners and most things associated with entertainment.

2. Gaming: My opinion is "games are games" but this is serious subject that is a divide between Linux and the rest of the Media/Gaming community.

3. Applications:Installing and otherwise. Programming would still exist.

4."Bit for Bit" category: No one except myself would post here but there seems to be a divide between the GUI mentality and the Bash command mentality which creates a tremendous void in understanding Linux. The bridge is a million miles long and one millimetre wide.If you are familiar with my painful posts, I try to get to the un-abstracted meaning of things because the hierarchy of Programming does not allow an explanation that crosses over to hardware. I realize that I am by far a tremendous minority in this case but maybe someone else could see this in better light and implement a solution.

I thought that LQ's moderators and so on might strike up a conversation on this someday at the watercooler or whatever, delicious natural springwater at that.

Edit: I tried. Don't be surprised if you find my old couch a shoe or maybe a couple of empty beer cans in the Newbie section someday.10-06-10 1.00am

May the Linux Deities be with You.Serendipity to All!

How would 1 and 3 be different from Software? and as for 2, have you been to Linux-Games?

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler I don't think that adding a few more forum categories would do more harm than good. 1. Media forum: Has video players ,CD/DVD burners and most things associated with entertainment.

This is, as indicated above, already covered by Software

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler 2. Gaming: My opinion is "games are games" but this is serious subject that is a divide between Linux and the rest of the Media/Gaming community.

We have the Games forum and there is nothing stopping anyone from starting a Games/Gaming conversation - as long as the game is accessible and playable by Linux users. Alternatively, start a thread in General.

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler 3. Applications:Installing and otherwise. Programming would still exist.

Installing a program definitely falls under Software or Linux-General or even a distribution specific forum. Writing a program would fall under Programming.

Originally Posted by theKbStockpiler 4."Bit for Bit" category: No one except myself would post here but there seems to be a divide between the GUI mentality and the Bash command mentality which creates a tremendous void in understanding Linux. The bridge is a million miles long and one millimetre wide.If you are familiar with my painful posts, I try to get to the un-abstracted meaning of things because the hierarchy of Programming does not allow an explanation that crosses over to hardware. I realize that I am by far a tremendous minority in this case but maybe someone else could see this in better light and implement a solution.

Programming, Kernel (possibly) or Linux-General would seem likely fits.