yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] warfareonly:
I've been giving it some thought, and I really think that device comparison threads ought to be limited to one or two at most. In the Xperia Z forums, there are at least 4 threads comparing the Z with other devices. Another few are regarding water testing, Thai soup testing - these should also be grouped in that same category. No need to have many threads dealing with same things.

Also, opening threads called "Convince me that the S4 is better than the One"in the HTC One forum is asking for a fanboy war.

Ideally, I'd suggest creating a device comparison sub-section in the general or off topic section. If that is not feasible, then at least limiting the number of comparison threads.

Thank you for your time.
[About XDA developers] doctor_droid:
While I was telling my gf abt xda.. she asked me a question which I couldnt answer...

Whats the fullform of xda?? :D

I googled it bt the answer given in a historical thread was not satisfactory..okay presuming da as digital assistant. .. what does x denote??
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
They are gone ;)

...........................

You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think! XDA, mobile wisdom, not a n00b feeding ground!!
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Search the portal, you'll find the history there.
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Try this: xda-developers-the-history-part-one/
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
X for multiple devices. No definite devices, I suppose ;)

Sent from my N7 3G with DroiDevs premium between sky and earth.
[About XDA developers] doctor_droid:
So its pda wid "xtra" functions.. thus xda...:) never landed on the history part... quite interesting..
[About XDA developers] mikef:
One other interesting one I know of.

xda-through-the-years-a-visual-history/
[About XDA developers] doctor_droid:
The first blue interface was nice... followed by yellow one which was not so pleasing to the eyes :D

Never even heard of internet wayback machine...

Its 2am here and I just bumped into something interesting. .. thanks [MENTION=4238197]mikef[/MENTION]

Atleast now I can answer my gf's question and give her "xtra" knowledge. .:rolleyes:
[About XDA developers] Toledo_JAB:
I have read this also. I think it should be added to the required reading.

I found this part 2.

It has a nice section on the XDA staff :)

From my Xperia LT28at ION :D
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
/EDIT

Ok, this guy should be grandfathered in since his join date is prior to Jan 2011.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
Bringing up this suggestion again.
[About XDA developers] jonahly:
I thought we could have a section of the forum dedicated to noobs, where the moderators could be devs :D but if this is passed, then I'd like to become a " Moderator " in the noob section. :D ( I have Developed a rom before and am working on one atm )
[About XDA developers] matt95:
what about a thread about the XDA Devcon?
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
Still open here => XDA_DevCon 2013 - It's Official but only for RC ;)

and you have the website, go here => xda-devcon 2013
[About XDA developers] Brut.all:
Hi, about a week ago I have created a thread about my Ingress app modification. It's here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2289699 . Now, I understand the purpose of 10 post rule, but I'm not sure how to deal with it. I think my case is somewhat specific, because it's a mod, it's highly advanced project, so dev forums at XDA seems to be the best place for it, but on the other hand it's created for regular Android users, who usually don't even have XDA account. Also specificity of this mod makes opinions of normal users very, very important.

Of course my thread can be moved to some non-development forum, but maybe there is a better solution. I think it's in proper place.
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
As it is an app model it should be placed in the theme's and apps section. This will allow people to post there.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[About XDA developers] tjsooley:
We at the att htc one forum have issues with the MOD's. The mods were not following the rules and flaming users. I was not the person who was involved with that attack. I am just reporting it as several users reported it to the att htc one mods and they ignored it.

Contact the victim designgears and the reporter to the local mods were designgears and gunnyman. Look into this designgears is leaving the device forum because of the MOD's attack. I had a warning and 2 posts deleted for voicing my opinion on the mods not following the rules and was quoted as not following the rules. Thanks for your time
[About XDA developers] NotATreoFan:
If you or anyone else believes that a moderator may be acting improperly, please send a PM to the account in my signature, or any other member of the Moderator Committee.
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
^ This ^ won't help you. Instead try reading this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2284892

^ Might save you from trouble. :thumbup:
[About XDA developers] disco_y2k:
Developers Forum Access

I tried to access developers forum today and got an message saying:

------------------------------------------------------------

disco_y2k, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

etc...

-------------------------------------------------------------

I read all of the notices at the beginning of the thread and to be honest for the life of me could not figure out why I was banned all the sudden. Then I went double check my profile, and all my info wasn't there and I knew I had filled that stuff out before? So I went ahead and filled everything in again, then when I refreshed the page it was gone again? I had one of those "DOH!" moments, I never knew you had to save EACH item seperately as you fill them in, LOL!

Anyway, I was wondering is that the reason I was banned from dev. forum and if so does it matter that I made sure the profile info 'stuck' this time or I'm just 'SOL' as they say?

Thanks for you guys time and effort keeping this place kickin' :)

cheers,

disco
[About XDA developers] disco_y2k:
howdy,

it was this page

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1503386

to answer your question, i do not think i have been to that page before so i can't say i have accessed it before, but i never had any problems accessing anything before?

its not a huge deal, i just never seen that before and was wondering.

thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated :)

cheers,'

disco
[About XDA developers] mikef:
How did you get this link please?

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[About XDA developers] upndwn4par:
Run, before NATF gets you. ;)
[About XDA developers] mark manning:
I'm guessing he had it booked marked before it was moved

Or participated in it
[About XDA developers] mikef:
I am guessing my colleague above is correct on that link being bookmarked. That thread was cleaned some time ago, please feel free to delete that bookmark.

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[About XDA developers] dithxiemay:
Delete post

I edited a post but I ended up double posting since the edited one can't be posted. Can you delete the "RAM help" posted 6:12 AM Today?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2209556
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
Done. In future please use the report button for routine moderation tasks :)
[About XDA developers] jj03:
Is there a jargon guide to terminology used within android development available on xda? As someone who is looking to give back via way of apps, it isn't easy understanding some of the jargon used..and i would rather not use or indeed buy a 'idiots guide' type book to learn. Thankyou.

Jayson.
[About XDA developers] DrNoXx:
should we spam? really?

well, what I wanted to say here is that I don't understand I can not post threads to developer's threads unless I spammed the forums to have "enough posts" PLUS the damn CAPTCHa stuff I have to fill out with the posts I make. Can't you losen this a little? it's simply annoying and doesn't really help a lot if you ask me. thx for reading.
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
I encourage you to read the OP of this thread. The 10 post rule was implemented purposely to prevent spam bots. I'm quite sure that you wouldn't be pleased seeing threads about sexual offers, perfumes, warez etc. We ALL had to post 10 USEFUL posts to reply in development threads. I don't see the point in changing that rule.

@jj03 you may want to have a look on this thread.
[About XDA developers] DrNoXx:
I fully understand your point. I own several forums and am administrating them, also a 3d world... but 10 posts? doesn't that increase spam a lot? and the captcha in every post I make is simply annoying... if you ask me people will run off before fulfilling all this - I know such from warez sites... but not from sites that are seriuos. Okay enough now with that subject, I said what I wanted to and if we keep discussing this here I would have my 10 posts within a few minutes... (thinking of where I can spam to fulfil the 10 posts as I am not the geek here... and I have to suck some subjects out of my fingers before I can ask the important and useful questions...)

thx for answering though, I appreciated. Now don't think I am a troll... I like your page and the idea behind it. I am fan of what you are doing here.
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
You need to separate real spam (spambots) from spam-ish things like 'thx I luv it'. I know it's inconvenient, but there is no better system right now.

We're collecting ideas in this thread. If you have some interesting solutions feel free to post in that thread.

I hope that you will find our forum as an enjoyable and fun place to participate in :highfive:
[About XDA developers] vbhtt:
You will find that kind of stuff in the xda-university section

Sent from my Nexus 7
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
Have a look here ... I think jerdog has heard you :good:;)
[About XDA developers] freakboy13:
Mods I hope you dont mind me posting this for jayson.

Here ya go bud.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903437

sent from my T.A.R.T.I.S

(Time And Relative Tarts In Space)
[About XDA developers] jj03:
Thankyou very much. Appreciate it.
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Factual things like the above are fine, we just prefer that questions in this thread and other official stickied threads in this About XDA forum that are about for instance, opinion/interpretation about site rules and policies, and things of that nature not be attempted by non-mods, however well meant.

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[About XDA developers] _Variable:
One heck of a sig

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=5181349
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Reduced....you might consider use of the {floatright]piclink{/floatright] tags as well to stack your picture and text horizontally... :fingers-crossed:

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[About XDA developers] yuenlin:
Are job postings allowed?

Hi moderators & admins,

Are job postings for Android developers allowed on this forum, and if so, where would be the most appropriate place?

I tried searching for a policy or previous mention of this, but didn't find anything. Sorry if I missed it.

Thanks!

Yuen-Lin

vsee.com
[About XDA developers] NotATreoFan:
We have a special forum for this. Please see instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380742
[About XDA developers] My Gnexi:
Please remove minimum page width

Hello admins or people who can change xda forums,

I often find xda forum hard to read when I zoom in or change the browser window to be thinner. The text lines do not shrink and I have to scroll horizontally.

Using style XDA 2013 Beta 1024 is not enough - it has the same problems.

However, when I choose 2010 it works very well. But 2013 is nicer.

Can you please make 2013 style work well with zoom?
[About XDA developers] quallenbomber:
I can't post things in developer Threads.

Can someone activate my account? Or is there an other problem?
[About XDA developers] NotATreoFan:
Read the first post.
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
Those were awesome. Wasn't Earthbound one of those?
[About XDA developers] tallyforeman:
Weekly bump!
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
I wanted to request here to add a questions system instead of password for sign up.. Last I heard.. members shouldn't discuss on this thread.. so I PMed KC to discuss below things.. and thus a new idea born..

I have kept the PM talk as it is.. as it says about the idea and flaws etc. So please take a look at it once.. for those who don't like to read all if it.. I made the request idea in bold.. I'm not sure if this is already discussed. If yes sorry for posting it again..

well, that does solves the issue i guess.. but my idea was to have a question for each rule.. so the answer should be such that the user needs to read the rule and understand the basic meaning of that rule to answer it.. its not some word from the rule to answer.. so its more like a word which summarises the rule.. so, you have to go through rule not just skim read it.. and you should read every rule too
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
I certainly dont :p

Don't you think the questions had be a bit obvious then?
[About XDA developers] Sib64:
Have you contact the mods of your forum by the report button for the possibility to stick your OP ?

If not try this, and you will see the response from your FSMs or SM
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
Well, it would be such that if only they read the particular rule then they should be able to answer..

The server can have say.. 5-6 phrases to accept for answer to a question.. so, user won't be actually typing any particular word from rule and will be giving a word which would answer the question and summarizes that rule..

even if the question is simple, if they can answer summary of rule in a word or 2.. that means they understood the rule.. that's what we want right? So purpose fulfilled..
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Looks good, added as a sticky for now.
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
Can we have a 'Thank You' thread for people who want to thank xda?

There are so many threads like this coming up in the forum. Though their intentions are good, this, more or less, spams the forum.Such a thread where everyone can thank xda and post why they want to thank would help to decrease the number of threads in the About XDA and General sections :)

Cheers
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
Hmm, didn't realize we had that many threads like this. If you can prove to me that it's required (links to these threads, more people requesting it, you getting countless thanks for your request etc), then I can easily make this happen
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
It's not a bad idea as these threads do tend to spring up quite frequently, my concern is that people wouldn't notice it and simply create their thread anyway.
[About XDA developers] GaboWinter:
Hi guys, can I have this thread stickied please?

Thanks in advance.
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
Any chance of getting an ALL button added beside the list of threads on a main forum page? Like beside a thread name it shows the page numbers like [ 1 2 3...Last]. Change it to read [1 2 3...Last ALL].

Sometimes it is easier to open the entire thread in one page rather than having to pop back and forth from page to page. Also, if it is a long thread that you want to read, you can just click ALL and sit back and read without having to change pages.

Some other forums have this feature and it is handy.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
No, I'm afraid that's not something we can implement - thus site is just too large.

May I suggest printable view, which has a lot more in it?

With some threads having over 10,000 pages this isn't something we can do.

You can of course increase your own posts per page to 50 if you like in user cp
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998422

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999572

This is all I can find from a small search, but there definitely are LOTS of threads like this or posts in such threads..

The Say Hi thread, though not completely, does serve its purpose to an extent :)

This signature violates the forum rules and has been removed.
[About XDA developers] Dompta:
ZTO 9-Inch Android 4.0 8GB - Please redirect if wrong way!

Hi Moderators (sorry to disturb), I have got the tablet below:

ZTO 9-Inch Android 4.0 8GB Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen Widescreen Internet Tablet 1.2GHz Processor with Built-In Camera White N51.

I'm looking for a thread to solve the issue of not starting (stock at the first ZTO logo) after updating gapps. Sorry if I'm in the wrong forum; but I couldn't get information from Google regarding a forum linked to the tablet.

Thanks to redirect if I'm in the wrong way.
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
Ask in Q&A section mate :)
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
This request comes from the fact that I didn't see the article about the moderator system changing until earlier when a seen a mod had posted about it.

I didn't see the article because I'm using the app 99% of the time so I don't have access to the portal.

Could we get a sticky in this section which mentions any portal articles which are directly relating to XDA? So a great example would the mentioning the change to the moderator system.

Why is this needed?

It's not needed but more wanted because it would be ideal.

After speaking to quite a few people, they also didn't know about the change until they saw someone post about it. Their reason being the same as mine, we're on the app the majority of the time.

You don't need to worry about noobs not reading it due to it being a sticky because I guess noobs wouldn't read what's on the portal anyway, considering they can't read stickies.

I think it would just make things a bit easier for those of us who don't have regular access to the portal but would still like to know about any changes happening directly to these forums, and the bonus is the fact that it's not hard work just to set up 1 thread :p
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
You can read the portal content from the app. More > News... profit??? :)

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
Well tapatalk users can't do it..:(

Nothing is True.. Everything is Permitted©
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
Which barely works :what:
[About XDA developers] samersh72:
weird issue.... i can not rate any thread since a week! is it a common issue or just me? :confused:

thanks in advance
[About XDA developers] iamareebjamal:
That feature has been taken away from OP I think
[About XDA developers] samersh72:
you meant that rating thread feature is disabled (when i click on this small rating triangle, nothing happen)

EDIT: i got it, rating thread when posting a reply
[About XDA developers] thewadegeek:
Could we get more active moderation in Chef Central please? Things have gotten more then a little stagnant there.

Thanks.
[About XDA developers] a.cid:
Report the issue if it needs attention. That's a sure shot way of getting some mod action.
[About XDA developers] thewadegeek:
Yeah but what do you do when you have pretty much a page of issues? If a moderator would just spend 20 minutes clean out the 1-10 post noobs asking for help in the totally wrong area it would help the situation immensely.
[About XDA developers] NotATreoFan:
I understand where you are coming from. But XDA is simply too large for completely proactive moderation. We must also rely on members reporting issues to us as they come upon them.
[About XDA developers] thewadegeek:
Yeah, I was hoping that this would count as a general report and somebody could go spend a few minutes cleaning it up.
[About XDA developers] vbhtt:
I get this every time I try to access the forum from my nexus 7 with chrome. It works properly on my phone though. Please look into it

Sent from my Nexus 7
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
Try to clean the cache of your browser. Are you on WiFi or 3G?
[About XDA developers] vbhtt:
Wi-Fi. I'll try that and report, thanks

Edit: Nope, still the same. I'd like to add that the portal (www.xda-developers.com) works, but not the forum index (xdaforums.com/index.php). The rest of the forum works if I can get there by some other means eg. Google

Sent from my Nexus 7
[About XDA developers] PouperPoups:
Hi Guys,

I've been a long time lurker here but would like to get more involved with the community and posting. However, the 5 min wait per post is kind of frustrating when I'm trying to respond to different threads. I get this message about my new account being reviewed by an admin but I've had this account for over two years. Is there any way to get this restriction lifted?

Thank you!
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Now that you have 12 posts, those restrictions should lift any time now ;)
[About XDA developers] iamareebjamal:
I would like to put it here because I think it would be useful to many helping members out there

I want to propose a request for "Participated Column" on full web site(if it's not already present, I have not found it yet) . I really like this concept of app. If I answer a question of anyone, and he asks another question and doesn't quote or mention me, I can just go to participated tab to see if there is any update of question or any sort of thing instead of getting full list of my posts and going through every thread to check if there is another question. It helps a lot in completing the queries of people that remained partially answered back when I only used full site. It's also better than subscribing to each thread we answer. It will not just help in completely answering queries but also give updates of some other threads.

Thank You
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
User control panel does the same thing.

http://xdaforums.com/usercp.php
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Not exactly the same thing with the CP prebuilt searches. You can get what you want for now by going to the Advanced Search, Search All Open Forums, put your name in the username box, and click Search. It will display all threads you have posted in across the site with the latest reply at the top just like the app.

I like this idea, I will post it for the admins to consider.

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[About XDA developers] boborone:
It's come up many times before. At one point I thought the participated tab was useless because bitpusher took away the option on server end. Every time you view it, it conducts a search of your posts. Think of all the members viewing the forums in app. Now think of all the searches being conducted because of that tab alone. It's why when that tab stayed loading for extended periods you knew the site's search was down.

If you just set up in the user cp to automatically subscribe to threads in which you post, it does just the same thing without the extra load on the site.
[About XDA developers] Gogeta:
Where is the report button gone:confused::eek:

Wanted to report this but can't find any :confused:
[About XDA developers] PG101:
Strange.. could it be that you are not logged on? Anyway, I have removed the duplicate thread..
[About XDA developers] Gogeta:
Just remembered that I cleared cookies of my browser so I got logged out :p:p :silly:
[About XDA developers] PG101:
:silly:
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Hi, welcome to XDA :)

you need to get 10 posts made before you can post in Development forums. Note this doesn't mean you can spam 10 useless posts just to get to 10, or they'll just be deleted ;)

Here is a good place to get started: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1949604 :)
[About XDA developers] MrCabana:
I really want to respect the rules for this forum, but first I think I need to understand them.

It says I need to have at least 10 posts in order to be able to post in the development forums.

Well, I already have 10 posts ! So why I am still not able to do so?

Thanks.
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Because there a script which runs periodically to check the permissions. It may take a couple of hours but it will pick you up.

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator