Posting Topics in Subject Line

[Guest guest]

Just a thought:

Hi! I am Margaret! I am basically a busy lurker!

I am busy building files for this list (I may have mentioned this before)

Having worked with many lists on many topics before, I have seen

all sorts of ways that people reference what they are talking about.

 

I would like to suggest that, when we reference the topic we

are mentioning, we reference the topic, as opposed to the

name of the person who first posted.

This is, of course, beyond being a logical idea, a selfish

request.

I am in the process of organizing the information that has

appeared on this list since 1998, and creating files and dateabases

for the use of current and future list members, and it is a heck of a

lot easier to find related messages when they reference what they are

talking about in the subject line. For example, if someone named

Susie asks about black beans, the most efficient subject line would be

" black beans " , as opposed to " Susie " .

Although this may seem picayune, if you consider that future list

members might attempt a search of the list for " black beans " , anything

with a message line of " Re: Susie " would likely be missed in the search.

Some day, I will finish my work on this list, i.e., I will work my way

through what I expect will have been approximately 2500 messages, and

I will get tired and move on. Whether or not anyone takes up my job,

people will still come to the list, and some savvy people will try to

search the list. Furthermore, you, yourself, might suddenly want to

know about something that was discussed two years ago. If the subject

lines reference the actual subject, rather than the person who wanted

to know, the information will be available. Otherwise, it might be

lost among thousands of other messages.

Consider, please, taking a moment to make a discriptive subject line.

Thank you.

Margaret

 

find related messages when they reference

[Guest guest]

Hi, Margaret,

Thanks for all your hard work. I hadn't really thought about the

people who might be searching for topics (though I do that myself). I

will try my best to comply for later generations of raw foodists (and

those who aspire to be).

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " Margaret Gamez " <mgamez1 wrote:

>

> Just a thought:

> Hi! I am Margaret! I am basically a busy lurker!

> I am busy building files for this list (I may have mentioned this

before)

> Having worked with many lists on many topics before, I have seen

> all sorts of ways that people reference what they are talking about.

>

> I would like to suggest that, when we reference the topic we

> are mentioning, we reference the topic, as opposed to the

> name of the person who first posted.