X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6597bc19c1043772 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,6597bc19c1043772 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,667575ff22696d67 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-31 05:48:17 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: New Subject ID's Date: 31 Aug 1994 07:37:44 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 41 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <341tio$bh0@gagme.wwa.com> References: <340s8r$hj6@gagme.wwa.com> <341354$t73@gagme.wwa.com> <341t61$bbe@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1572 alt.ascii-art:13904 Glenn Chappell wrote: > >In article <341354$t73@gagme.wwa.com> boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: >>Glenn Chappell wrote: >>>having "Announce:" as a Subject ID sounds great, but it's not >>>on the list. Perhaps it should be? >>> >>>Also, there are plenty of more/less regular informational postings on >>>this group: >>>I can't >>>think of a good label for them, though. "Info:" maybe? > >> Yes, I'm always thinking about those IDs. I want to have as few of >>them as possible, but still do the jok. >> >> I've been thinking of adding ANNOUNCE and FAQ to the 'official' list >>of IDs. As to INFO, as you mention, that would work. And I suppose that >>when somebody answers a question, they use ANSWER, or to keep the number >>of IDs lower, they could use INFO for that too. > >Hmmm ... no, I think there is a difference between an informational >posting and the answer to a question. The former is not discussion; the >latter is. For the latter, "Re: Question: ..." should be sufficient. The only problem is that "Re: Question" could be something else. My idea of the IDs is that they tell you exactly what is in a post, not the previous post it's following up. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :###### :##### :###### :####### :###### :##### ####### ::###### :### :### :### ####### ###### ######## ######## ###### ###### ######## ######## ### :### :### ### ::::### :::### :### ### :### ### :::### :::### :### ### :### ### :### :### ###### :### :::######## ####### :##### :### :::####### :### :### ### :### :### :###### ### :::######## ###### ::##### :### :::###### ::### :### ### :### :### ::::### ### :::### :### ### ### :### :::### :::### ### :### :### ### :### :### ####### ###### ### :### ### :### ###### ###### ### :### ######## ############# ###### ::##### ### :### ### :### ###### :##### ### :### :###### ::########### ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::