On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 11:46:25 AM -0800, Colin Sharpe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >. What would be lost by instead writing in subjects that summarised
> > the matter discussed in the text ?...
>
> I agree. Another thing which goes on are threads which have slowly
> migrated from the subject on the subject line to something
> completely different. This is not "Hijacking" as discussed here
> recently, but a gradual and unintended change. Subjects like "GPL
> facts <was:Downloading OO.o free>" can help here.
Actually, the one thing to do in such cases is not a subject change.
It is to start a new thread, that is "compose" instead of "reply with
a changed subject".
I'd rather not discussing all other netiquette violations in this one
thread, however. The original problem is a practice from both the
moderators and some contributors, including some of the most active
ones, which makes the list and its archives much less useful to the
community. And it's interesting to see that none of these people has
stepped into this thread yet, but HAS sent another lot of subjectless
replies today...
Marco
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