(urth) Improper Use of Subject Lines

[brunians at brunians.org]

Ve must haff DISCIPLINE!

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> On 5/21/2010 9:59 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>> On 5/21/2010 9:01 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>> n my experience, it is unless you have a moderator with the ability
>>> and the will to enforce pertinent subject
>> I have, in the past, attempted to change the subject lines of threads as
>> they moved OT. Maybe half or less of the participants followed. If the
>> particular email that prompted them to responded did not have a changed
>> subject, they didn't change it. Probably, because they didn't care about
>> it as much as me or Mr. Brewer. Or, in the respondents opinion, their
>> response *did* have to do with the original subject line. Hopeless
>> cause.
>
> it's not a hopeless cause, it just requires enforcement. I do it on
> playtest discussion lists all the time: I lay out the rules for subject
> lines, ask people nicely to follow them, warn them when they go astray,
> and if they persist in going astray, I send them to the land of
> postings-held-until-released-by-a-moderator to wander in the wilderness
> until they see the light.
>
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