On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 15:18:18 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>>>> Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
>>>>> include it?
...
> Since your comment was intended to be sarcasm, then my comment is
> directed at the site admin and not you. It just seems strange that
> they expect a problem, caused by the web site design, to be
> corrected by everyone who replies to all such messages.
This, too, had been already explained in full detail in the threads
that you didn't read.
If the website were modified to not accept empty subject it would be a
very good thing, I'm all for it, but it wouldn't really solve anything
by itself. We are talking a lot of subjects consisting only of
"[users][moderated]", but they are only the way in which the real
problem manifests itself *today*.
I said "meaningful", not empty subjects.
Considering the average competence level of unsubscribed posters to
this list, if the website forced them to not leave the subject empty,
at least half of those messages would still have meaningless subjects
like "help", "openoffice", "it doesn't work" or detailed subjects which
actually have no relationship whatever with the actual problem.
There's no way that a web form can handle all such cases.
If they change the website tomorrow but you keep not following the
official guidelines when you reply, you'll just move all the
subscribers and the list archives from finding 20 "[user][moderated]"
replies from you every morning to finding 15/16 "[user][moderated]
Help!" replies from you every morning. Add to that the fact that
meaningless subjects can come from subscribed users too, or from
Gmane, completely bypassing the ooo website, and you'll see why I
didn't bother too much with the website.
Marco
--
Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how
software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
