Split Programming off from Software forum

[Jack Ryan]

Why is this not done yet? What could possibly be the reasoning against it?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: CKDragon
I'm all for this, and it would also be nice to actually have the games threads put into the GAMES forum, but those rules don't seem to be enforced...

where is the GAMES forum - long time promised but never shows

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan
Why is this not done yet? What could possibly be the reasoning against it?

because loke didnt hack an admin account and only hacked the mod account :roll:

 

[Chaotic42]

I think that it would be a good idea.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: CKDragon
I'm all for this, and it would also be nice to actually have the games threads put into the GAMES forum, but those rules don't seem to be enforced...

where is the GAMES forum - long time promised but never shows

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: AmigaMan

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: themusgrat
The OP updated it, Anand says yes, just not when.

that was more than 1.5 years ago

wow time flies

What's funny is it only takes a few clicks of the mouse to create another category in the admin section.

it may be that easy, but there's db considerations and setup that probably has to be done and other bugs that probably take higher precedence, like search. What I don't understand is why they can't rename an existing category like "peripherals" into "programming"? It has only like 400 more posts than Forum Issues. No one's gonna miss the Peripherals category. Just delete those old posts, and start over from scratch.

Yes, the search works flawlessly. :roll:

It is funny this thread has not been locked yet, but I guess that would be an answer, and they don't want to deal with all of that?

 

[Vegitto]

Bumpage.

 

[networkman]

Yes, I've read the OP's update, but I still voted Yes and signed the online petition.

 

[Cooler]

while( !Fourm.isCreated("Programming") ){cout<<"Please Create one."<<endl;}

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: AmigaMan

it may be that easy, but there's db considerations and setup that probably has to be done and other bugs that probably take higher precedence, like search. What I don't understand is why they can't rename an existing category like "peripherals" into "programming"? It has only like 400 more posts than Forum Issues. No one's gonna miss the Peripherals category. Just delete those old posts, and start over from scratch.

 

[ultimatebob]

Great idea! We should really spilt gaming into it's own forum, too. Microsoft Office document formatting issues and cheat codes for FEAR just don't belong in the same forum.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Aves
Software, Programming and Games should be split completely IMO.

Yup, because the focus is completely different. A separate programming forum would have me spending a lot more time there

 

[bendixG15]

Gamers should be gaming and not wasting their time here.

 

[Armitage]

Forget it guys - how many years has it been for something that would take an hour or so tops? It's not gonna happen. Find a good programming forum somewhere else. I'd reccomend Ars Technica

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Armitage
Forget it guys - how many years has it been for something that would take an hour or so tops? It's not gonna happen. Find a good programming forum somewhere else. I'd reccomend Ars Technica

Ditto, this is futile. Obviously they'll do it when THEY want to, not when we bitch enough because we've done more than enough of that.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

But its such a shame that threads about something productive and useful like learning a programming language are flooded with threads about pointless opinions on games... They have their place, but just not with programming..

 

[BMdoobieW]

I support your cause.

 

[Unheard]

Bump

 

[Maximilian]

Hmm.. yes, and us gamers want to see more GAME related threads, rather than theres xxx problems with this piece of software and how do i code in c++ yada yada. Its usually pretty devoid of any gaming discussion. I really need to find a decent starcraft forum or somthing

 

[bendixG15]

Let's just change this to a kid gamers forum and let the big people go elsewhere.

 

[Unheard]

bump

 

[Ika]

What if we started a money pool to the admins if they do split programming and gaming......

Not that I'd contribute, but it's a suggestion inspired by the OT sticky.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Aflac
What if we started a money pool to the admins if they do split programming and gaming......

Not that I'd contribute, but it's a suggestion inspired by the OT sticky.

I'll put $50 into the pool.

 

[Doctor Nyse]

I really don't understand why they just don't do it. What would be the reason not to.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Doctor Nyse
I really don't understand why they just don't do it. What would be the reason not to.

Programming doesn't fit nicely into the theme they have going.