(urth) Unproper Use of Subject Lines

[brunians at brunians.org]

Or a desire to control things not actually under our control.

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> Or courtesy.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
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> Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 4:22:49 AM
> Subject: Re: (urth) Improper Use of Subject Lines
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> 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.
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>> 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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>> --
>> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
>> IEEE Student Chapter Blog at
>> < http://ieeetamut.org >
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