Talk: New Subject ID's
Glenn Chappell <cha...@symcom.math.uiuc.edu> wrote: > >In article <341354$t7...@gagme.wwa.com> bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: >>Glenn Chappell <cha...@symcom.math.uiuc.edu> wrote: >>>having "Announce:" as a Subject ID sounds great, but it's not >>>on the list. Perhaps it should be? >>> >>>Also, there are plenty of more/less regular informational postings on >>>this group: >>>I can't >>>think of a good label for them, though. "Info:" maybe? > >> Yes, I'm always thinking about those IDs. I want to have as few of >>them as possible, but still do the jok. >> >> I've been thinking of adding ANNOUNCE and FAQ to the 'official' list >>of IDs. As to INFO, as you mention, that would work. And I suppose that >>when somebody answers a question, they use ANSWER, or to keep the number >>of IDs lower, they could use INFO for that too. > >Hmmm ... no, I think there is a difference between an informational >posting and the answer to a question. The former is not discussion; the >latter is. For the latter, "Re: Question: ..." should be sufficient. The only problem is that "Re: Question" could be something else. My idea of the IDs is that they tell you exactly what is in a post, not the previous post it's following up. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :###### :##### :###### :####### :###### :##### ####### ::###### :### :### :### ####### ###### ######## ######## ###### ###### ######## ######## ### :### :### ### ::::### :::### :### ### :### ### :::### :::### :### ### :### ### :### :### ###### :### :::######## ####### :##### :### :::####### :### :### ### :### :### :###### ### :::######## ###### ::##### :### :::###### ::### :### ### :### :### ::::### ### :::### :### ### ### :### :::### :::### ### :### :### ### :### :### ####### ###### ### :### ### :### ###### ###### ### :### ######## ############# ###### ::##### ### :### ### :### ###### :##### ### :### :###### ::########### ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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