Does that describe it well enough? It seems like these are redundant topics. Any thought of combining them and going forward from there? TIA.
Combine both . Thereâs under 8 people replying . Pretty weak . I mostly post elsewhere for cooking. The sad part is there is almost every product available to cook with in LA.
Oh wow. That is paltry. Yeah, I have to order things (thanks, Amazon Prime) that LAâers can get practically at 7-11
@robert @ipsedixit ???
One is a category, the other is a topic.
Sorry I wasnât specific. I meant to write âHome Cooking 2019â which is a topic within âHome Cookingâ the category.
On Chowhound people used to start new topics every now and then because long topics slowed things down and for restaurant reviews things got out of date.
Thereâs no performance issue on Discourse and cooking topics are evergreen.
So I havenât looked yet, but does that mean they can be combined. Or maybe lock the 2019 one with perhaps a link to it in âWhatâs Cookinââ?
Merging two topics makes a mess. Discourse isnât designed for that.
There was no reason for the 2019 one to have been opened. If you donât like there being two topics, stop posting to it.
Then why not lock it with a note referring to the other? Itâs not a matter of choosing where to post but not having to read two threads instead of one. And having dialogues in just one place seems to make more sense. You can get some advice in one and not the other. Just seems logical to me.
Because it was actually started for a reason.
What reason?
There are some or one that didnât want to wade thru long threads, so started an annual thread. I didnât like it at first for the reasons that Cath mentions, but I understand. Now I post on the annual threads and just use Whatâs Cooking for research, to see what others post or if I make someoneâs recipe from that thread Iâll post it there.
Unlike CH the search feature here seems to work quite well so no âwadingâ necessary. And because I like to cook I stay current on the thread so it seems simple. What doesnât seem simple is two threads that are the exact same thing. This came to my mind last night when I was going to post about a dish I made and really for the first time thought âhmm, now where should this go?â
If some people see an advantage in arbitrarily breaking a topic up into annual chunks, theyâre free to do so, but as far as Iâm concerned Discourse makes that unnecessary and pointless.
Thanks. Iâll stick with posting my meals/dishes/questions/etc. on âWhatâs Cookinââ and if I can answer any questions on the other - doubtful but maybe - Iâll be glad to help.
Hey, @catholiver, you might enjoy these discussions.
https://www.reddit.com/r/food/
Download the app, it is way better than the website.
Donât be shockedâŚbut I donât âdoâ apps. LOL. Would these links tell me something regarding my post?