On-topic posts
Lately I've been noticing that many posts have been off-topic.
I think we should figure out what we want in our group, and some standards.
First of all, I've tasked myself with removing all job postings from the group, since jobs REALLY don't belong in this group.
There have been some random how-to's, postings about irrelevant events, postings about some projects which I don't think anyone from the dojo really got involved in (read: http://groups.drupal.org/node/4216), and of course class notes, lesson postings, and dd2.0 stuff.
Personally, I think only class notes, lesson postings, and dd2.0 stuff belongs.
Maybe we should have a big sticky posting at the top outlining what belogns and what doesn't. Maybe we can also find a spot for people to put "why this belongs in the dojo", which by itself would probably eliminate a lot of postings
I wouldn't be shy to immediately block people from this group who violate the rules, or at least somehow revoke their permission to add content to the Dojo.
This stuff has reaaly been bugging the crap out of me lately
Second that!
I couldn't agree more. When I get so many emails every day I can't afford to be receiving an extra five or six that are totally unrelated to the group I subscribed to. The Dojo should have a clear standard about what is allowable in the post and it should be enforced.
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Moderation won't help that too much
FWIW, having an on-topic standard will only help out w/the email issue to the extent that people follow it. If dmitrig01 or anyone else removes off-topic posts, they've still been posted, which means there was still an email...
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Well...
Some people actually appreciate those posts. Not saying I'm one of them, but they might have value.
The New York City group is going to be dealing with this by having a few separate tabs with the new panels functionality. Perhaps we can have a "jobs" tab and some other category for other things.
Let me clarify, I'm not saying that everything is on topic, and some things should definitely be removed. However, I also know people who have come across jobs in the dojo that they wouldn't have been hunting, otherwise, but knowing that the job poster was looking for someone that was still learning (i.e. a dojo-ite) made their mind up for them, and the subsequently were employed.
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So
Let's decide what we think is on topic!
redesign can help too
Now that we've got the og_panels, the issue of clutter can be handled via better layouts. We would need less to limit what "can" and "can't" be posted because we can file posts better.
That being said, I think we should encourage on-topic posts as much as possible.
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the option to "Create Job"
the option to "Create Job" is still appearing in the user menu for this group. can that be disabled? just curious.