Do we need a 'Metrology' category? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: DiligentMinds.com
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 16, 2013, 04:29:40 pm
content: Hi Forum,A lot of our threads appear to be Metrology related (voltage references, resistance references, calibrators and calibration, etc.), so do you think we need a separate forum category for Metrology (probably as a sub-category under Electronics)?Ken

author: Jon86
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 16, 2013, 05:38:24 pm
content: Isn't that under test equipment?

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 02:07:18 am
content: Quote from: DiligentMinds.com on December 17, 2013, 12:42:30 amI, for one, don't see the need for a subforum about weather"Test and Measurement" may get a wider audience

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 04:02:00 am
content: I replied the way I did because a large chunk of metrology has to do with statistics and math and felt that an alternative title may be better for the specific area of the subject we are interested in

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 04:02:13 am
content: Well merits of multiple categories has been debated before and I think the consensus is people don't want that.Do it for Metrology and you have to do it for everything else...

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 04:07:29 am
content: I tend to agree with the general consensus, but feel there are some "awesome" threads buried in this forum which are difficult to locate and a possible pro for multiple categories is being able to easily narrow down an area of search. Aside from utilising keywords to tag a thread multiple categories are like default tags

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 04:11:04 am
content: Sure, but it's either go the whole hog and have a category for everything under the sun, or not.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 03:39:25 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 17, 2013, 04:11:04 amThis type of arguments even has a name ;-)http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallacies/30-appeal-to-extremesI read eevblog in a single Unread Posts list provided by the Web UI and Tapatalk so it does not matter for me much one way of another. Some forum sites do have fine granularity groups, but this results in moderators moving threads more often because they were not submitted in the perfect matching group.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 06:23:01 pm
content: You started it, you can lock it or sticky it.

author: robrenz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 06:28:18 pm
content: Everyone who agrees with you can just put "metrology" at the end of all their thread titles so you can search on that term. FWIW

author: fmaimon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 17, 2013, 09:52:55 pm
content: One thing better than new categories is the ability to bookmark topics. The best you can do today is to reply to a thread and search your own posts.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 18, 2013, 01:33:36 am
content: I'm sure we did a poll on this argument a while back and the consensus was that people didn't want a whole bunch of categories.So this is not just my decision, it has been debated before.