RE: Subject Headings

["Michael Pederson" <mlped@concentric.net>]

Not to sound like one of Rush Limbaugh's followers, but -  DITO Mr. Dupree
et al.  I whole heartedly agree and endorse the proposal as both timely and,
I think helpful!  The archive search engine doesn't depend on headers to
score search hits, but with something like 150+ posts a day I think listers
do depend on the re / subject lines to help sort for content or threads
worth following.

Don't screw with the subject header unless you intend / are starting a new
thread.  That makes it a lot easier to sort this stuff by subject,
particularly if you've been away for awhile; find & follow the thread(s)
you're interested in; and delete or discard the stuff  you can't follow or
understand, like the endless rash of "spider bites" that seem go round.

Michael Pederson

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Dupree, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 6:30 PM
To: 'QSHIPQ@aol.com'; audi@mediaone.net
Cc: quattro@audifans.com
Subject: RE: Subject Headings

I think that what Greg and Huw were after was consistency in the subject
line so when a thread gets to be of no more interest, for what ever reason,
those that are no longer interested can easily avoid the thread. It also
helps in that the thread often becomes fragmented with responses from
different people under different subject headings.
I sort my mail by subject and then scan for threads I am interested in or
new subjects I think might be of interest and read these only, all others
get deleted in mass. If the subject changes I sometime miss out on part of a
thread I was following but missed the subject changed or I start reading
e-mail of a thread I already gave up on because the subject changed and I
didn't realize it was the same old thread.
I don't think rules are needed just an awareness of how others may use the
subject line and some thought before a subject is changed.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Jim Dupree

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   QSHIPQ@aol.com [mailto:QSHIPQ@aol.com]
                Sent:   Tuesday, October 12, 1999 3:11 PM
                To:     audi@mediaone.net
                Cc:     quattro@audifans.com
                Subject:        RE:  Subject Headings

                Huw writes:
                >second the motion.  you couldn't even reply to Greg's
request without
                >changing the subject header.

                Huw, I think if you looked at Greg's heading and content,
you will find that
                quickly in a <Tors*n> archive search a year from now.  A
good thing or
                'sheisbin'?  Secondly, content is also looked at, so the
<edit/copy> of Gregs
                post alone (I'm just a guilty here) will get the search
engine perked as
                well.  3 bads to the sheisbin, please, yours included.

                >btw, Scott, I do a lot of reading... pretty much all in
English.  I
                >can't even figure out if you are saying anything above (I
suspect not).
                >Makes me wonder what your content messages are like to
read.
                >please, to make daily use of the list easier on the rest of
us, don't
                >change the subject header unless you are actually changing
the subject.

                Hey, I'm all for Subject Line protocol, one of the earliest
advocates of it
                here, documented.  This is a free list as far as subject
heading, I publicly
                (and privately to Dan S) brought this very subject up over a
year ago with
                little interest.  I'm also interested in better search
engine success (which
                in turn will reduce the amount of new posts on old
subjects).  Pardon me, if
                my Subject heading just might lead someone to a faster
search a year from
                now, my unreadable english so noted.

                For all those advocating the above change, try the new
archive search (in
                detail) sometime.  I charge that changing the subject might
just be a good
                thing.  Better yet, forget deleting by Subject line, delete
by sender, it's
                easier.  Huw, both your and Greg's intrinsic argument here
is that *some* of
                my posts and subjects are readable.  That's a carpe diem
argument, I say,
                let's not let Dan's new search engine find those
undesireable ones quite as
                easily a year from now.

                Until Heading protocol, may I suggest the <delete> key.

                My .02
                Private comments welcome.

                Scott Justusson