# The lonely subcategory

**URL:** <https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354>\
**Category:** Simulation Modeling Toolkit (SMTK)\
**Created:** [December 3, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354 "2019-12-03T17:53:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/user_avatar/discourse.kitware.com/dcthomp/32/10_2.png) [@dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/dcthomp)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354/1 "2019-12-03T17:53:45Z")

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Hi all,

The _Dashboard_ subcategory feels a little lonely. I think we could use

- _Design_ (or _Architecture_ or _Development_ or _Proposals_) for “change proposal” discussions and planning.
- _Build & Install_
- _Using SMTK_
- _Tips and Tricks_ (to match ParaView’s).
- _Gallery_ (for showing off images/movies/applications)
- Rename _Dashboard_ to _Software Process_ (to be more inclusive as noted below).

Any opinions?

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**Author:** ![dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/user_avatar/discourse.kitware.com/dcthomp/32/10_2.png) [@dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/dcthomp)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354/2 "2020-01-31T22:00:48Z")

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Also, the _Dashboard_ subcategory might be better named _Software Process_ so it includes the entire set of gitlab pipelines (configure/build/install/package/deploy) that dashboards are a part of.

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**Author:** ![tj.corona](https://discourse.kitware.com/user_avatar/discourse.kitware.com/tj.corona/32/35_2.png) [@tj.corona](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/tj.corona)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354/3 "2020-02-01T14:53:46Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/user_avatar/discourse.kitware.com/dcthomp/32/10_2.png) [@dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/dcthomp)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354/4 "2020-03-18T21:51:02Z")

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We could also use a _Gallery_ subcategory for images/movies. Will add to the top post.

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**Author:** ![dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/user_avatar/discourse.kitware.com/dcthomp/32/10_2.png) [@dcthomp](https://discourse.kitware.com/u/dcthomp)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.kitware.com/t/the-lonely-subcategory/354/5 "2020-05-21T16:09:00Z")

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@Bob_Obara You mentioned wanting to “archive” Discourse topics because of the clutter, but I think adding subcategories would get us a long way toward being able to find stuff. If we had a _Design_ subcategory (as mentioned above), we could move topics in as they documented the as-implemented design of SMTK (and theoretically out of the subcategory as they were superseded by newer designs).