yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
I understand your predicament, but it's not actually that hard to find questions asked by people in the Q&A forums. All we ask is you try to answer those questions (obviously with correct answers using best judgement/experience) so, in affect, you are contributing to the community before you have access to the dev forums

Anyway, can we move on from the 10 post rule now (unless you have an alternative idea of course). I'd like to hear other suggestions/ideas for XDA.....
[About XDA developers] a.cid:
"Official" threads have potential to cause legal troubles for xda...

Just saying...

Easier to monitor the title of a thousand threads, than to monitor the content of these thousand threads...
[About XDA developers] boborone:
Now that we are all done with 10post rule crying, any word as to the usefulness of this? What is the reason for this? Kind of defeats the purpose.
[About XDA developers] LordManhattan:
Hah, i remember i "ignored" a user. The problem with this was that i got really curious when i saw he'd posted, so i checked it to see what stupid things he'd written, and the whole feature lost its purpose.
[About XDA developers] boborone:
Exactly. It's like cfb asking for a mod to ask a member to stay out of his threads. He ignored him, but now I see why it made him mad, cause he could still see that the idiot was posting his dumbassness in the thread. Makes no sense at all to ignore someone if you still see that they posted.
[About XDA developers] LordManhattan:
Mods and Admins, i just discovered a "loophole" or a dirty trick to get thanked. I'm not going to post it here, so PM me if you're interested in knowing how.
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
I PM'ed you ;)
[About XDA developers] PG101:
So did I ;)
[About XDA developers] ruckstande:
I think "liking" or "thanking" to promote useful posts is important. Lots of issues could be resolved early if common mistakes and solutions are answered early. Also, a more strict standard of Sticky announcements for each device. The EVO 4G had an incredible repository of guides, F.A.Q.s, and tutorials that I'm just not getting in the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 forum.
[About XDA developers] vbhtt:
The WYSIWYG editor in Google Chrome is not working for me, it is enabled in the user settings and works in IE and firefox. It didn't work on Windows 7,8 and Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04. Am I missing something? do I have to install some extension?
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Use a chrome extension, there was one floating around...here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030698, there are others in the webstore as well.

--funny--

wysiwyg works for me on the other forums that i use on chrome without the extension, but not xda.
[About XDA developers] xanthrax:
few days back , on sg s3 section someone came with the idea to open a thread on Q&A section for the a certain ROM , in view of reducing the amount of posts on the main ROM thread .

some devs might get confused or annoyed by demanding and sometimes childish posts and conflicts occurs.

that`s why i`ve followed that point and with the dev`s approval i opened such a thread.

believe me or not but since a week now thinks gets better .

on Q&A thread we can talk free and when solid conclusions arise get posted on the dev thread . of course , the dev himself is a part of Q&A thread .

haven`t check though to see if this was already posted but i think it might help XDA somehow .

thank you !
[About XDA developers] boborone:
Yep, it was something that I suggested after zelendel did it awhile back on the SGSI Captivate forums. Helps alot doesn't it? But everytime I bring it up, there's always Debbie Downers saying noobs don't read and the Q&A thread idea is futile. I don't care if only 20% are using it. That means that it helped a lil bit and nothing was lost for the effort. Tinky, now username undercover, did a broad thread like that and it worked. Just saying guys, don't let the noobs get to you. Just try ideas, nothing was lost if you try. Everything will be lost if you give up.
[About XDA developers] boborone:
What would happen if the rom thread had less questions in it? :eek::confused:

Bug reporting is not asking a question

Something like that needs to be in every dev sub. That essay is OpenContent. So as long as you put "Copyright © 1999 Simon Tatham." in it if you copy here, all legal.
[About XDA developers] sgt. meow:
@MODs and Admin

I'm pretty sure this is not something new. Users these days fail to show their appreciation, and even if they do, they do so in an inappropriate manner. The thanks button is just below the avatar, but somehow they fail to notice it. Instead of pressing the Thanks button, they write "thanks for the blah blah".

So to get their attention to the Thanks button, why not put up a big flashing poster that says "The thanks button is right here" above the Thanks button?

I've tried writing that in my sig. No success, unfortunately.

Please take this into consideration.
[About XDA developers] xanthrax:
below is an example of behavior

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35180784&postcount=9330

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35177645&postcount=7946

on the main thread aka "official"
[About XDA developers] undercover:
Check the link in my sig.

I try to get as many questions answered there as possible. Even if its a general question about a rom, normally it gets answered. If it's more specific bug/question then we redirect them to the rom thread. This is my second thread like that, check the first one (nick-statistics-threads started by me), it's huge, and guys in there are extremely knowledgeable. By helping people out they learned a lot. Anyone can stop by and answer a question.

Atm I start threads like that myself. What I'd like to see is specific forum moderators starting one, appointing a willing person to maintain post no2 in every forum, and be a bit stricter with new threads in q&a. That can potentially save a lot of clutter. We are noob friendly, so even if question was answered a page ago noob won't get flames but will get directed to the right place, resulting in him learning new things and much more peaceful existence on XDA.

Thanks Bo for bringing it up.
[About XDA developers] mukeshc15:
Thenz bro plz look around it

Rg[recognised gamer] :D

Really Appreciateling you :thumbup:
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
I don't understand. :confused:

If someone is hacking games (only a matter of time before a C&D is issued :rolleyes:) then they can apply for RD.
[About XDA developers] flastnoles11:
Not going to happen, you can bet money on it :rolleyes:
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
And how do you suppose that could be implemented? :eek:
[About XDA developers] Seraz007:
Can every new user be directed to this thread right after registration ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1949604

So they will know what's permitted and what's not :)
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
And that post needs to be updated me thinks.

TRusselo's guide is outdated and mikef's thread includes everything.
[About XDA developers] Seraz007:
yes and i think mikef's thread isn't stickied as well :confused:
[About XDA developers] coolsandie:
Mikef's thread is included in that thread.
[About XDA developers] m1trand1r:
i guess you didn't understand me.....as mate bellow said....you can bet

on it....big money....it won't happen:)

:D:thumbup::thumbup:

---------- Post added at 01:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 PM ----------

subscribed and I'll add it to my sig if it'll help newcomers :)...thanks for info:)
[About XDA developers] mukeshc15:
Y? this not possible :(

And I bet that if more then 50 or more people wont this title then xda have to look it around :cool:
[About XDA developers] m1trand1r:
50 people out of registered 5 million+ people really doesn't change anything buddy:)

45k users are constantly online tho....so even if you compare 50 users with 45k users....that's not really a lot:)
[About XDA developers] Archer:
There won't be a "Recognised Gamer" title on this forum as it's not relevant. If someone helps other members in any way, whether it's games, business apps, backup apps, note-taking apps, music app, graphic apps, then they get the "Recognised Contributor" title as a way to show that they have been recognised as a valuable and contributing member.

In short, if you help people with games enough then you get the RC title.
[About XDA developers] vanessaem:
Not to beat this to death but this always has and always will be a site for developers and yes, "themers" fall within that category. Even if someone developed a game on here, they would still be considered a "developer."

I can even bet that if 50 people or more wanted a Recognized Gamer title, it won't happen. As users we want a lot of things to happen on this site but this site has never been about what the users want. It's about what the developers who have made this site what it is wants.

So unless our developers become "gamers" and thinks that kind of thing is important to a site like this, a gamer title will never happen.
[About XDA developers] mukeshc15:
Ok ! I understand this thnz

I will now apply for recognised contributer :thumbup::)

Now I will not ask more for recognised gamer :p
[About XDA developers] Prawesome:
Can't quote you Mukesh because of the invalid thread ID error but you can't apply for Recognized Contributor yet. You have to complete 9 months on xda before you can have the title :)

Read this thread for more information:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646309
[About XDA developers] mukeshc15:
I see it bro thnz :)

I am perfect to apply for rc only 9 month is problem I have to wait to complete my 9 month on xda :(:)
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Yep i actually meant for TRusselo's link to be removed as even the forum's index page (logout to check) is linked to mikef's updated new user guide.

And too many stickies if you ask me, one sticky roll up that is maintained and updated by the mods should do it.
[About XDA developers] boborone:
I have asked many times for a sticky roll up.
[About XDA developers] TRusselo:
I am half suggesting adding Flattr support

http://flattr.com/

flattr is a new easy way to donate to developers and other online creators.

See http://flattr.com/howflattrworks for specifics.

The reason i am only half suggesting it is because flattr does take 10% of your monthly donation... kinda iffy on that.

but many sites are now using it such as http://eztv.it , github, youtube, flickr, instagram
[About XDA developers] :
PayPal is probably better then.

Sent from my Sonic
[About XDA developers] GRAVITY-7:
mobile site

I wonder why there's no mobile view which makes loading of pages faster and more convenient 2 use.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
It's in the pipeline.
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
Since 2004...
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
It's a long freakin pipe. Bite me. :p
[About XDA developers] selemine:
Full SSL Support on Xda-developers.com

When i change http to https for https://www.xda-developers.com/ the layout gets broken pretty badly in the new FF 23.

The mixed content blocker is active by default there and references to

http://xdaforums.com/

http://cdn.media.xda-developers.com/

http://platform.twitter.com/

http://cdn.www.xda-developers.com/

and whatever other ressources might be embedded, aren't properly translated to https.

I'd suggest to change that so https-everywhere wouldn't disable its xda rule by default anymore
[About XDA developers] shinobisoft:
That would be because HTTPS isn't enabled on this site as of yet. It has been requested at least once that I know of just a few pages back.
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
..... and it will be soon

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

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] GermainZ:
It probably would for lower resolutions. I'd suggest using quote boxes instead, or just normal formatting (e.g. indent) since you're not using them for actual code anyway (and content will eventually be too long no matter what).
[About XDA developers] Apollo89:
If I don't use code boxes, I cannot create columns (because this requires a monospaced font).

640 pixels is very much outdated. As I said, I did some tests. The XDA website has a fixed minimum width, which is about 1246 pixels (even when using a low resolution like 800x600!). That's why the width of code/HTML/PHP can safely be increased to 960 pixels, because this would never increase the total page width.

I have tested this by changing the HTML style attributes with Google Chrome while using a low resolution. When changing the width of the code box to 960 pixels, the total page width did not change. However, when changing the width to 984 pixels or more, the total page width did increase.
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
I thought it would be a percentage using CSS.

Ideally you'd want

BBCode tags (might want to suggest that as well), but for the time being, you could use
[floatleft] and [floatright]
if you only need two columns:

this is column 1

this is column 2

It's actually horrible, but it might come in handy. :P
[About XDA developers] vikraminside:
1. XDA should include feature "Search within thread" in developers app.

2. XDA should redefine "hacking/security" clause or Mods must understand difference between "Free App" and "Free Apps in Disguise". An app available advertised as "free" either must be "fully free" in usage (not involving license here) or termed as "Free with feature limitations" like "Time limited", "Trialware", :Usage limited", "Adware" etc. Certain apps in playstore like "Panchakam" are free but requires payment it seems but I have not tried though. Google may allow but we as developer community should not allow payment for free apps.

3. Developers must be ethical and need to be straight forward to showcase in app payments which is nothing wrong for the developer community. If something requires payment then "dont call it free". Developer should develop stronger and secure apps with help of ethical hackers like me.

4. Request Mods to give chance to explain before closing threads blindly and calling it "Warez". The time spent on educating our community goes waste.

5. All Adblocking threads like adaway or mother of adblock also blocks advertisements (indirectly revenue) via hosts but they are required for privacy and technically correct like firewall. So it is double edged knife to be understood by moderators.

6. Allow thread creators to submit thread for "review" by "Expert Committee" in XDA in "All aspects" so that "Unintentional" mistakes need not be "published" also our Sanctity of XDA is preserved.

I thank Mods for doing a great job but request them to have empathy. :)

PS: Do not care if I am kicked out of this prestigious community but I have delivered what I wished to say. I would defenitely long to have missed our community just in case am out. I Love XDA.
[About XDA developers] eagleeyetom:
Thanks for valuable post. I hope that I've made some things a bit clearer :)
[About XDA developers] filmprof:
Sending Messages and the Ipad

Hi,

I posted a question and haven't received an answer but you must have thought I was an idiot because I couldn't find a way to post a private message even after finally finding your forum messaging instructions.

The messaging option does not show up on an Ipad using Chrome. Don't believe it works on Safari either.

Another reason for me to dislike Apple but...

It would have been nice to know that. Would have saved lots of time. Pls check the CMS on multiple devices or at least add the Apple stuff for review and warn us off the Ipad. (BTW, no problems using Linux Mint) and Chrome.

Thanks.
[About XDA developers] floepie:
As many of you well know, overly large threads, especially the so-called developer threads, get bogged down with the same or similar questions repeated over and over. These questions lead to a sort of snowball effect wherein others chime in to chide lazy users, and often this latter type can outnumber posts containing the questions themselves.

So, in an effort to cut through the fog, it would be a dream come true to have XDA create a 2nd-post WIKI for each thread which grows to a certain x number of posts and/or enabled from the outset by the OP. This second-post WIKI would be user-editable by anyone, or at least by anyone who has participated in the thread. So, the WIKI is attached to thread itself and is always found in the 2nd post directly after the OP.

A good example of a site using this format is slickdeals.com ---- http://slickdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9

What do you think?
[About XDA developers] calisro:
The people asking the same questions over and over don't read the op or the second post even if it answers their question. They would rathet have someone else google it for them.
[About XDA developers] floepie:
I REALLY beg to differ. Sure, it would take some time for this new WIKI to gain traction, as you will still see plenty of "have you read the WIKI?", but the WIKI, especially in the larger threads, would be kept very current of all the latest issues pertaining to the most recent builds of a specific ROM, or kernel for example. The OP on the other hand is rarely updated when it comes to specific issues that crop up in recent builds, whereas a WIKI would be fueled by frustration and would be kept very current by the plethora of well meaning users who want to contribute but whose passions often fall on deaf ears with post after post that don't seem to reach a wide enough audience.
[About XDA developers] sadsac:
Great idea
[About XDA developers] flastnoles11:
He was making the point that even though the wiki may be kept up to date, the users that ask the same questions over and over very rarely care to read anything, they'd rather have people do the leg work for them...

While I have supported the idea of a wiki since I joined, I see his point and concur that it probably wouldn't cut out as many of those repeated questions that you think it will.

If people aren't willing to search XDA (or Google for that matter) they (IMO) probably won't take the time to read a wiki either
[About XDA developers] LoopDoGG79:
This being true, the more sophisticated or experienced user will likely stick to the wiki, and on occasion jump to the OP to see what the dev has to say, or if any major changes are about to happen.
[About XDA developers] Stryke_the_Orc:
However true that is, you're talking about the people that ask the same previously answered questions over and over. How sophisticated and experienced do you think they are?:rolleyes:

Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
[About XDA developers] flastnoles11:
We all went through it and most of us has no problem completing or ten posts. IMO if you can't make 10 helpful posts before posting in development areas (and most just want to get there to ask a question, which doesn't belong in development threads, or to say thanks) you don't belong here anyways
[About XDA developers] :
My recommendation: We automatically infract or ban those who argue, complain, or anything else similar about the 10 post and 30 post restrictions. Time and time again, I see people disobeying the rules and so many people doing the sane thing. Like flastnoles said, we all had no problem with it.

By implementing my plan, we would likely prevent this from happening more, and let the frequency of it slowly bleed out. Instead of letting it increase.

Thank you for reading.

Sent from my Sonic
[About XDA developers] nitol:
I want to know the higher archy of xda. I mean, first junior member,then member,senior....?

Plus is there any list of all members according to their position?what are the criteria to hold a position?

Looking for such a detail list. I don't know already there is one or not. But if not, such document would be very nice.

Regards.
[About XDA developers] PG101:
Maybe this will help.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/...3EHCqgM/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CIWz1JkM&pli=1#

List of all admins/moderators.

With 5.1 mil members it will be very difficult to consolidate and publish a list of members/senior members etc..
[About XDA developers] vanessaem:
I think the below quotes should hopefully be able to answer your questions.

"higher archy" is "hierarchy". ;)
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
Really???

Not gonna happen. Considering there are upwards of 1500 new registrations a day, it's a miracle there aren't more people complaining/spamming.

I don't know why you think that instant punishment would prevent this at all but it wouldn't.
[About XDA developers] floepie:
Again, I think you're wrong. I would hazard to guess that there is a 10:1 ratio of questions whose direct and immediate answers can NOT be found in the OP versus those questions which can answered directly in the OP. And, the 2nd post WIKI could be seen simply as a user-editable extension of the OP.

Certainly, many answers could be answered by more careful reading of the OP, and while there remain far too many of these questions, they are in the extreme minority relative to the questions whose answers could be determined with a little additional effort. It's this latter bulk that could be dramatically cut. Each major thread has a few "Good Samaritans" who love to help others, and they do so without complaint by answering the the same question over and over, at the displeasure of many others. Admittedly, it would take a bit for the WIKI on page one to gain traction, but it, along with the OP would always be the very place one could go to find CURRENT issues. And, as we all know, usually the OP is too busy either with his daily life or further developing the ROM or kernel for which he/she created the thread in the first place to keep it current with all known issues pertaining to the most recent build. It's just too big a task to ask the devs (OP) to perpetually maintain the OP. Let we the users help the OP.

As all regulars over at Slickdeals know, and even the newcomers, quite often the 2nd post WIKI contains the most up-to-date information regarding availability at particular location, etc. As a newcomer, even the 2nd post is hard to miss, even for the lazy.
[About XDA developers] cajunflavoredbob:
I think a new user group should be made for people who have 5000+ posts. Call it the "Old Fogeys" group.
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
I usually keep a rather extensive FAQ/Troubleshooting section in the 2nd post. Even with that, about about 95% of the answers I give (and that solve the issues) in my own threads are "Does the FAQ help?"/"Have you read the OP?". I _really_ don't do anything more than that most of the time.

The remaining 5% new questions that I eventually add to the FAQ as well.

So frankly, I don't think a wiki (it's not 'WIKI', it's a Hawaiian word that means 'quick' - no abbreviation there) would help where the OP already keeps a well maintained OP/FAQ/....

That being said, it will _definitely_ help when the OP doesn't have enough time. And even if most people skip the OP, it'd be _much_ easier for helpful members to redirect them to the OP rather than searching for the information again themselves, or writing it from scratch every time.

So if this is doable, it definitely gets my vote.

tl;dr: it may not cause noobs to post less redundant questions, but it will certainly make it easier to answer these in a comfortable and organized manner for everyone involved, and can reduce the effort required by the OP.
[About XDA developers] floepie:
WIKI = What I Know Is... ;)

wiki = quick

Yeah, it's great when an OP can maintain an updated FAQ. But, there are too many lazy non-dev users, myself included when I fall into a lapse, who assume the FAQ is current. More often than not, things move at a breakneck pace around here. So, if a wiki is the result of a little ongoing effort by the community, its authors would also be the most interested in referring others to the wiki. The users who contribute will also be encouraged to remind others to read the wiki, thus allowing the wiki to gain the traction it needs.