M. Fioretti wrote: > 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 > Well, if it's too much bother to fix the web site, it's too much bother for me to fix the subjects.
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