> So Mike, what do you want us to do, as the list owner, about this
> issue of changing subject lines.
What? You want a decision???? <LOL>
First, I agree that anything we decide cannot be *enforced*, only
encouraged. There will always have to be plenty of slop in the spec...
or is that specs in the slop? ... nevermind {8^o
For daily reading to keep up with the list without bothering with e-
mails, which some folks do, the default Date Index view at the archives
works fine.
The search engine at the archives is extremely weak. It will only
accept search terms of 4 characters or more. It does only logical AND
searches on multiple terms. No way to do logic OR or to exclude results
by a NOT function. It's very crude.
It does, however, search the entire message, Subject line and body.
Therefore searches will still find a subject based on keywords in the
body even when the subject line morphs or the topic has slid out from
under the old Subject.
So searching will typically be a multi-stage process, using search
terms to identify an initial set of messages, then clicking on the View
This Thread link within particular messages, reading that, then going
back to grab the next thread, and so on.
Seriously, I can barely see an advantage to *either* method, as far as
searching is concerned. Meanwhile morphing the Subject to keep up with
the actual topic has the advantage of being easier to skim through a
subject or date ordered listing...
<sigh>
So, I guess I *don't* think much either way, Garnet. Sorry! <grin>
I'm willing to help a consensus emerge and adopt that as a policy
preference rather than as a discipline issue.
I *do* want people to accept a compromise and stop carping at each
other about it. *That* is not appropriate behavior for the list.
I prefer such remarks to come to me, privately, so I can consider them,
and so that new people aren't treated rudely or confused by conflicting
advice as has happened recently to a couple of folks.
We should discuss this openly here for now, so everybody can know
what's being said. I'm listening.
Mike D.
da list owner guy
[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
[[email protected] ]
[Speaking only for myself... ]
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