Cord Walter
Re: New threads please...
Aug. 8, 2008, 12:24 p.m. (Message 53346)
Campbell Tyler schrieb:
> Cord Walter wrote:
>> Campbell Tyler schrieb:
>> I have just hit the 200 programme mark, so time to publish an update.
>> Maybe I am a bit picky here, but I would appreciate that if someone
>> starts a new topic he/she also starts a new thread instead of reusing an
>> old thread [1] and just change the subject?
>> I made a screenshot to illustrate the point:
>> http://home.snafu.de/cord.walter/misc/new-thread.jpg
>> Just makes reading/organising the posts easier...
>
> As the guilty party in this instance, all I can say is sorry but it is in
> total ignorance that I do that. When the email leaves me, it has a totally
> new subject line with no reference to any earlier one, and I reply to an
> existing old email to ensure I get the address line right, avoiding typing
> errors. Also when I get replies to my "new" thread they only reflect my
I guess that replying to an *old* email makes my mail program sorting it
with the mails of the thread you "replied" to. But I guess Anselm is
more firm with the respective RFCs to explain why this happens...
>
> It does raise a general point in my mind. I would very much like Anselm to
> provide a potted "Using Strathspey List 101" tutorial to cover points like
> this (my favourite hobby horse is getting people to sign their emails in
> full and where they are located - does that strike a Cord, Walter?? :-),
I'll give it a try ;)
> another being people contributing without indicating which email they are
> answering). So, for instance, why do the people who have been on Strathspey
> longer than me, when changing threads always say "was....." and for how long
> should that stay?
In this case: I replied to your mail, to "connect" it to your post. But
I changed the subject to indicate that I was not replying to the
contents of your post...
I think it is a good rule to change the subject (with the (was: ...)
addition when the discussion disgressed from the original thread to a
related but different topic (e.g. from discussing a dance in general to
a discussion of intricate detail of passing left or right shoulder in
certain formations ;) ). As for how long to keep the (was: ) - as short
as possible I'd say :)
> And when should a thread be changed?
When starting a completely different/new subject (in my opinion)..
> In other words, the
> general etiquette that governs using Strathspey. Or does it already exist?
I'm not aware of any clay tablets that these rules might be etched in ;)
Apparently there are several unwritten rules (eg regarding the posting
of dance instructions), and some rules that are part of "net culture"
(eg. TOFU-Quoting etc.) which strathspeyers might or might not know,
depending on their net usage (and if they ever came in contact with the
scary thing called "Usenet" ;) ).
But I don't think we should bring in too much bureaucracy into
Strathspey... I just wanted to raise a bit of concern regarding the
"thread"-issue since I had posts popping up in "unexpected" threads
since some time...
Anyway, in no way should anyone be distracted from posting to strathspey
by technical or bereaucratic issues ;)
Bye,
Cord Walter
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