Re: Please be careful renaming threads!

Julia Altshuler said...

Your system does it differently? It seems to me that changing the
subject line ought to be a good thing. I love it when the subject line
changes to reflect the contents of a post. It makes it so much easier
for me to decide what to read and what to delete without reading.


If you change a subject line, all servers will see it that way and everyone
reading will see it.

You correctly noticed when the thread has tangented with enough interest,
that's a fine time for the "new subject" Was "old subject." change to a new
thread. It's considered good etiquette to clue readers in to the change
this way.

A typo as in "My favorite hambuger" in the subject guarantees that it
renders it and any replies unsearchable when hunting for "hamburgers."
That's also a perfect time to rename a thread once you notice a typo. I've
corrected a few subject lines of others posters to get it back on track
after the original post, but somehow it wasn't appreciated. What's a BUM!!!
to do?

One habit I've gotten into is I always type my subject line into the body
of the message, first, since I can spell check it within the body of the
message, then cut and paste it into the subject line without typos. Grammar
is another matter. ;)

You can always practice by posting messages to the alt.test (text matter
only) or alt.test.binaries (binary w/text matter) newsgroups on your
server.

All the best,

Andy
.

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