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"Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost> writes:

> I may be shot down in flames here, am i'm probably guilty of it
> myself to a degree, but there seems to be an ever increasing number
> of posts to newsgroups that have nothing to do with the subject or
> problem (as I'm sure someone will suggest this is).

Agreed. If there were statistics, they might indicate that a
substantial amount of my posts are requests for people to post their
questions to the most appropriate newsgroup.

BTW, I think that yours would best have been posted to .non-technical
:-)


> There's TThread questions in .language.cpp groups, std queries in
> .nativeapi group and database / Indy questions in the
> vcl.components.using groups.

I'm not sure where TThread questions should go, but I don't think that
.language.cpp is the worst place for them.

As for std questions in here, you are right, and I am even guilty of
responding to one of them recently rather than asking for it to be
moved. When I did, I *thought* I actually was in .language.cpp, and
later, I found it was too late to take measures.

"Thomas Maeder [TeamB]" <maeder@glue.ch> wrote in message 
news:m2r6lwxcud.fsf@glue.ch...
> "Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost> writes:
>
> I'm not sure where TThread questions should go, but I don't think that
> .language.cpp is the worst place for them.
>

How about .cppbuilder.vcl.components.using...

Or should that be .delphi.vcl.components.using? 

"dhoke" <dhoke.nojunk@east-shore.com> writes:

>> I'm not sure where TThread questions should go, but I don't think that
>> .language.cpp is the worst place for them.
>
>
> How about .cppbuilder.vcl.components.using...
>
> Or should that be .delphi.vcl.components.using? 

If the question really is about multithreading, then .language.cpp is
ok. If the question is about how to use a class facilitating
multithreading, then I agree with you.

AND: we are definitely off topic in this newsgroup, so please let's
end this thread with this. If anybody wishes to discuss this topic
further, please continue over in .non-technical. Thanks!

maeder@glue.ch (Thomas Maeder [TeamB]) wrote:
>
> [...] BTW, I think that yours would best have been posted
> to .non-technical :-)

LOL!

~ JD

"Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost> wrote:
>
> [...] i'm probably guilty of it myself to a degree,

How could that be? Perhaps because you're asking because you
don't understand something (duh)?

> [...] seems to be an ever increasing number of posts to
> newsgroups that have nothing to do with the subject

For complex issues, if one understands enough to ask in the
correct group the one understands enough to (in most cases)
google the answer without posting or posts a more specific
question to the correct group. For example, the VCL group
gets many questions about TComboBox. (probably) more than
half of the solutions are API related because TComboBox is
just a wrapper around an MS control.

OTOH, if all TComboBox questions were asked in the .api group,
I'd expect that the percentage of 'correcly gouped' questions
would increase but for that to happen requires a better
understanding by the user but that's a Catch22 ... if they
knew then they wouldn't have to ask.

However, there are those that need to be told and told again
and again.

I have always objected to a blunt 'You're posting in the wrong
group' (without a 'but since you're here' explaination). I
think that a reminder to post to the most appropriate group is
called for but ISTM that the guys who complain about it without
offering a solution (or saying that they have none) do not
demonstrate a patience that I'm quite sure that others
demonstrated to them in their earlier years.

> Please do no think for one minute that i'm some anal
> newsgroup'er,

Well ... that's the nature of the beast. If you ain't anal
then you ain't a programmer because that's a requirement.

> it just seems that people are not adhering to the posting
> rules.

I haven't been around that long either but my experiance
about the rules depends more on the OP's understanding;
not just of the rules but also on the OP's understand of
of the issue. If it's a TComboBox, should it be posted to
the VCL group or the api group? Odds say the api group
but because it's a 'T'ComboBox, that makes it VCL.

Get my point?

~ JD

FWIW:
When someone posts in the wrong group I usually ignore it because of the 
issues you cite.  Most questions have elements from several groups. 
Occasionally, after the guts of my reply I add words to the effect that a 
different group would have been better for the question.

However when it is too far off, such as a C++ Builder question in the 
Borland C++ group I just tell them that people familiar with the product in 
question can be found over in the other group(s).

.  Ed

> JD wrote in message
> news:46ce18a0$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>> [...] i'm probably guilty of it myself to a degree,
>
> How could that be? Perhaps because you're asking because you
> don't understand something (duh)?
>
>> [...] seems to be an ever increasing number of posts to
>> newsgroups that have nothing to do with the subject
>
> For complex issues, if one understands enough to ask in the
> correct group the one understands enough to (in most cases)
> google the answer without posting or posts a more specific
> question to the correct group. For example, the VCL group
> gets many questions about TComboBox. (probably) more than
> half of the solutions are API related because TComboBox is
> just a wrapper around an MS control.
>
> OTOH, if all TComboBox questions were asked in the .api group,
> I'd expect that the percentage of 'correcly gouped' questions
> would increase but for that to happen requires a better
> understanding by the user but that's a Catch22 ... if they
> knew then they wouldn't have to ask.
>
> However, there are those that need to be told and told again
> and again.
>
> I have always objected to a blunt 'You're posting in the wrong
> group' (without a 'but since you're here' explaination). I
> think that a reminder to post to the most appropriate group is
> called for but ISTM that the guys who complain about it without
> offering a solution (or saying that they have none) do not
> demonstrate a patience that I'm quite sure that others
> demonstrated to them in their earlier years.
>
>> Please do no think for one minute that i'm some anal
>> newsgroup'er,
>
> Well ... that's the nature of the beast. If you ain't anal
> then you ain't a programmer because that's a requirement.
>
>> it just seems that people are not adhering to the posting
>> rules.
>
> I haven't been around that long either but my experiance
> about the rules depends more on the OP's understanding;
> not just of the rules but also on the OP's understand of
> of the issue. If it's a TComboBox, should it be posted to
> the VCL group or the api group? Odds say the api group
> but because it's a 'T'ComboBox, that makes it VCL.
>
> Get my point?