Is it me, or is there an increasing number of new threads asking questions in the Android Development section. Does anyone else think so?
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I have noticed that there have been many posts in both general and development forums with general questions that have nothing to do with the purpose of either forum.
If a mod is reading this, I believe there should be a Q&A forum like on the Nexus One page where people who just have simple questions can post them instead of filling the General/Dev page with irrelevant info.
as a reminder:
the android development page is for developers. if you are not a developer or asking a development question then please don't post there
I want to start this thread by saying that I respect the mods in this forum, but I've got this question. There are a few sections for each phone at XDA; one of them is a General section, the other is Q&A.
More than half of initial threads start with a question, so why aren't the all moved to Q&A? And if this is the case, why bother having a General section anyway? This is a place to ask questions and receive answers and because most people spend their time between the General and Development sections, Q&A is overlooked many times.
I'm unhappy about having a legitimate question moved to the Q&A section, and that is my reason for starting this thread. I'd appreciate a mod replying and making the difference between the two threads clear. Thanks.
the Q&A section is the place to ask question.
that's is what it is designed for
all high volume sections have the Q&A section to keep Discussions/News and other important matters in General from Questions
You can still post to General as long as the Subject is not a question and the content is not a question, but rather some sort of statement with supporting facts, or leads, or an issue, and screen captures helps a lot in the discussion.
and for the record the Q&A section does work, else this would have not been seen
Imagine yourself you are a Mod and you have to dialy move dozens of threads just because members do not take care of reading what every section is intended for?
We would like to ask your cooperation to make the forum sections the more clean as possible, remember this is General section, and as it describes:
General
Anything that involves all of the phones and doesn't fit in any of the other fora.
All Questions like the recurrent "what phone should I buy" should go to Q&A section, threads will be moved or deleted.
Please help us!
With the number of users that we have on this site, we rely on users to show maturity, self restraint, respect and civility to others, a significant level of responsibility and, above all, to do their bit to engender an environment that is self policing and tolerant. If we all did this then you definitely would not need moderators to come in and clear out the mess every 10 seconds.
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Hi all,
Just a reminder that we have now an Android General section where you can place all your general stuff related to the OS.
Remember here at XDA we cover many other OS´s as well.
Please use the new section!
Guys, I know everyone is excited about this phone because its still new and its awesome, but the Development forum is not for starting new threads asking questions or just posting random general ideas/facts.
Over the past few days, both Kennethpenn and I have had to move out quite a few General/Q&A threads out of this Development forum. As per the rules here, please only post Development related threads/posts in this forum so that this forum is not cluttered with non-dev related topics. This is a kindness to both the Staff and the Users and all will greatly benefit/appreciate your help and cooperation. Thank you.
The difference between the "android development" and the "original android development"
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Android Development = Sense based roms (ICS)
Original Android Development = AOSP roms (Usually JB)
Trackstar996 said:
The difference between the "android development" and the "original android development"
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just cocked the gun, putting it to my head now....:crying:
must stay away from Q&A, must stay away from Q&A, must stay....
Q&A are bad....
words from our esteemed leader Red5 aka Gold Leader aka Red5:
"Lets start things off right by first, searching the forums for a thread thats already been started and look for people that may have already encountered what you are experiencing and possibly have a fix for. If not, then you can post in that ALREADY EXISTING thread instead of starting a new thread.
When starting a new thread, it needs to go in the right section. If its a question, then it needs to go in the Q&A section. If its a generalized thread about something related to the HOX, then it goes in the General section.
NOTE: Questions should not be posted in the General section. The Development section is STRICTLY made for development. A new thread should not be started in the Development thread unless it is to introduce a new tool/guide/rom/kernel/radio... anything dev related. If you start a new thread in the Development section that is not development related, your thread will be deleted and you will be infracted. Let this be your final warning.
With all of this falling into place, the forums will be much cleaner and will function more smoothly. With that, the developers will be able to address issues more efficiently and will not feel overwhelmed. The last thing we want is for our developers to take time away from developing because of redundant posts asking "how do I do this?". We want them to continue on with development for our device, so lets help them out.
Do your part to take some time and search/read the forums because chances are, your question or issue has already been addressed. If this cant be done, then I will have to put on the gloves and start weeding out the trouble makers until this forum is back under control and operating smoothly. "