On 11/06/09 05:33, _sc_ wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 10 June 2009 1:17 pm, Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado wrote:
>>
>> Saluton Teemu :)
>>
>> On Wed 10 Jun 2009 19:59 +0200, Teemu Likonen<[email protected]> dixit:
>>> On 2009-06-10 12:58 (-0400), Charles Campbell wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, an unrelated topic, no semantics in transition, no acknowledgement
>>>> of the original thread's subject == hijacked thread.
>>>
>>> Or perhaps more accurately, a hijacked _subthread_.
>
> in addition to a milder name for it, i think we need to include a
> brief description of how [whatever they are] are created
>
> the people who hijack threads are [mostly] new to both vim and the
> internet, or they wouldn't be doing it -- further, they are [mostly]
> nervous about getting the 'to' address correct, or they wouldn't be
> doing it
>
> the most important tone to take, imho, is kindness, because, having
> been in that situation myself, i remember all too well how
> traumatic it is to get scolded harshly for something i really
> didn't understand -- thrilled at finding a group of intelligent
> helpful generous people solving problems, suddenly to have them
> turn on you snarling is something we should bend over backwards to
> avoid
>
> sc
Well, as has been said, using "Reply" (in one of its variants) when the
intention is to start a new question on an unrelated subject, is the bad
practice that this thread is discussing. It makes the mailers believe
that you're actually "replying" to the previous mail, i.e., pursuing the
conversation on the same subject, or maybe on a closely related one.
If you want to start a new question, you should "Write New Mail". If
you're nervous about spelling the to-address the right way, there are
several remedies:
- copy the right address to your address book, not by hand-typing it,
but by copy-paste via the clipboard. Then you can fetch that address
back from your address book whenever you want to start a new thread to
the list. Or maybe even type a few letters in the "To" field, and your
mailer (if it's as clever as mine) will autocomplete the rest, maybe
with a rolldown selection.
- if the discussion group's title is a mailto link, just click it and
it'll start a new thread
- on the Google Groups page for each Vim group, there is a button near
top right, "+ new post". Click that to start a new thread by webmail.
Best regards,
Tony.
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