Question about forums

Post #115,731 by Nightowl 8/28/03 7:06:57 PM Reply	Question about forums Can someone tell me the main difference between the Water Cooler and Open Forum? The only thing I get from the description of Water Cooler is it's where new people meet the regulars. Does it have other defined uses? I often get very confused about those two forums. Thanks in advance. :) Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,732 by Another Scott 8/28/03 7:12:36 PM Reply	Stuff goes in "Open Forum" that doesn't fit elsewhere. IMO.
Post #115,737 by SpiceWare 8/28/03 7:33:33 PM Reply	I've always considered "water cooler" to be more personal discussion about things involving you or your family. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #115,738 by folkert 8/28/03 7:38:11 PM Reply	What he said... Scuttlebutt and so on as well for me... things that are non-technical (or they are too) as long as a good story or something is on it. Like me Ribbing Drook aout that "Check is in the mail" that still hasn't arrived ... SINCE JULY 4th.... Or about how I now have confirmation that I have a dog with allergies... We mock him, because he is so sedate... we call him "A tender Gay boy-Dog with Allergies" not because I don;t like Gay people... far from it... Just that he acts dainty so often it is pathetic. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* I can't think of anything witty to say...
Post #115,739 by Nightowl 8/28/03 8:10:55 PM Reply	Re: What he said... Scuttlebutt? Hmmm ok I get it all except the scuttlebutt part. :) So let me get this straight: The Water Cooler is more personal, more about your life or to another member? i.e. my question to Orion should have been there? And Open Forum is... general? Does it have any other definition? cause Q and A was for any question that didn't go anywhere else. Almost got it, thanks. Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,745 by Another Scott 8/28/03 8:47:22 PM Reply	Open Forum vs General Q&A [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/forum/show?forumid=23\|General Q&A] is in the "Area 51" section of zIWeThey. Area 51 (a takeoff on the alien spaceship Area 51 out west) is for technical discussions. So General Q&A should be used for technical questions that don't fit elsewhere in Area 51. Note that [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/forum/show?forumid=1\|Open Forum] has forumid = 1. It was the first forum here. It's the most general. Other more specialized forums were created later. So if a more specialized forum exists and is a fit for your topic, you should use it. If you've used Usenet, the forum organization philosophy is similar here. Use the least general forum that fits. I.e. don't post something in comp.os if it would fit better in comp.os.ms-windows.installation (or whatever). Hope this helps. Cheers, Scott.
Post #115,747 by Nightowl 8/28/03 9:27:07 PM Reply	Re: Open Forum vs General Q&A Thanks for explaining that. :) No, I've never used use.net, but I'm trying to fit topics into the right place as much as I can here. :) Appreciate the information, I had no idea what Area 51 was. :) Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,757 by boxley 8/28/03 11:00:03 PM Reply	want to splain why your picture of your car is in the centerfold of playboy here want to exlaim over something amazing you discovered non computer(or vaguely) related to computers in open forum want to ask how to put a lift kit in your car so your car can be bigfooted? area 51 hope that helps America, Love it or give it back questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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