Did you create a special category for off-topic discussions, and how did you name it?
Funny enough: Offtopic
I’m asking because in Russian and Ukrainian there are quite a few names for this. I thought same goes for English, no?
Well, in danish I could have choosen a danish name, but all danes would understand: offtopic - as long as you can add a description to your cat. I did so
I always preferred “Other”. I think it’s even more universally understandable than my 2nd pick, “General Discussion”, and also shorter. You’ll see other pop up many other places, e.g. multiple-choice surveys.
I’m not a big fan of “off topic”. At least on a place like Meta, our Uncategorized discussion is not off topic per se. We don’t condone off-topic discussion here: You’re only allowed to talk about your favourite dog breed if it is somehow connected to your use of Discourse. So our Uncategorized category is for all those other topics that don’t quite fit into any of our standard categories.
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I think that adding a description of your cat to an off topic category would be hilarious.
Off topic: my cat fluffy is gray and loves chicken.
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yours too… what a small world…
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