Restructuring forum categories

[sterretje]

@pert

Then please provide a counterproposal for the category structure, using the same format as my proposal.

Development tools

Tools for developing and deploying Arduino programs

• Arduino IDE 2.0
  • Formerly:
    • Software > Arduino IDE 2.0
• Arduino legacy IDEs
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Installation & Troubleshooting
• Board detection, upload problems and bootloaders
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Avrdude, stk500, Bootloader issues
• Web Editor
  • Formerly:
    • Software > Web Editor
• IoT Cloud
  • Formerly:
    • Software > IoT Cloud
• Chrome App
  • Formerly:
    • Software > Chrome App
• Arduino command line tools
  • Formerly:
    • Software > Arduino command line tools

Your project

Assistance, discussion, and sharing Arduino-related projects of users

• Tutorials: A curated collection of tutorials
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Introductory Tutorials
• Advice on your project
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Project Guidance
    • *Projects Discussion and Showcase > * *
• Problems with your project
  • Formerly:
    • None
• Programming: Project code
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Programming Questions
    • Development > Libraries
• Showcase
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Exhibition / Gallery

Official Hardware :

Topics specific to official Arduino products

• Classic : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#classic
  • <A category for each "Classic" product>
• Education : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#education
• Kits : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#kits
  • <A category for each "kits" product>
• Mega Family : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#mega
  • <A category for each "Mega" product>
• MKR Family: The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#mkr-family
• Nano Family : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#nano-family
• Nicla Family : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#nicla-family
• Portenta Family : The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#portenta-family
  • Formerly:
    • Hardware > Portenta
• Pro Solutions and Kits: The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/#pro-solutions-and-kits
  • <A category for each Pro Solutions product>
• Miscellaneous: Official products that don't fit into any of the other categories
  • Arduino SIM
  • Intel®-based platforms
• Retired: The products listed under https://docs.arduino.cc/retired/
  • <all existing categories of retired products>

Other Hardware

• Microcontrollers and 3rd party boards
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Microcontrollers
• General Electronics
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > General Electronics
• Leds and Multiplexing
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Leds and Multiplexing
• Displays
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Displays
• Audio
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Audio
• Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC
• Sensors
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Sensors
• Networking, Protocols, and Devices
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Networking, Protocols, and Devices
• Storage
  • Formerly:
    • Using Arduino > Storage

Community

• General Discussion
  • Formerly:
    • Community > General Discussion
• Website and Forum
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Website and Forum
• Suggestions for the Arduino Project
  • Formerly:
    • Development > Suggestions for the Arduino Project
• Project Hub
• Groups and Events
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Local Groups
    • Community > Workshops and Events
• Bar Sport
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Bar Sport
• Jobs and Paid Consultancy
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Jobs and Paid Consultancy
• Products and Services
  • Formerly:
    • Community > Products and Services

International

• 中文 (Chinese)
• Deutsch
• Español
  • Formerly:
    • International > Español
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Microcontroladores
  • Documentación
  • Humor y Debate
  • Talleres, Encuentros, ...
  • Proyectos
• Français
  • Formerly:
    • International > Français
  • Tutoriels et cours
  • Réalisations et Projets Finis
  • Le bar
• Italiano
  • Generale
    • Formerly:
      • International > Italiano > Generale
  • Hardware
  • Megatopic
  • Software
• Nederlands
• Português
  • Formerly:
    • International > Português
• Россия - Russia
• Scandinavia
  • Formerly:
    • International > Scandinavia

Forum 2005-2010 (read only)

As is

I have kept the 2005-2010 as is and did not merge any of it into other categories. I can see some benefits but I also see a lot of work filtering them for the above approach.

What is still outstanding:

1. Development > Other Hardware Development; reason is that it contains a collection of all kinds of things so it needs to be merged on a topic-by-topic basis for the above approach.
2. Projects Discussion and Showcase > Device hacking; can probably go as a subcategory in Your Project
3. Projects Discussion and Showcase > Education and Teaching; no idea about it.

@pert

Please mention any users who monitor a one of the merged categories, but might not be willing to do the same for the more broadly scoped category that would be used in its place if my proposal was accepted.

I was indeed thinking of @davide_prentice (as mentioned by @6v6gt).

@pert

Topics Created 2023-03-12 - 2023-03-18

Thanks for that

@pert

I do.

As said, I don't