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Re: [opensuse] Subject changes
- From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:00:13 -0500
- Message-id: <20051010200013.GX6478@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Johannes Kastl <ojkastl@xxxxxxxxx> [10-10-05 14:47]:
> Im not talking about asking a question that is *not* related to the
> previous subject in a thread (aka hi-jacking).
hi-jacking pertains to changing the Subject to a NEW and perhaps
unrelated subject.
> But if the discussiontopic in a thread changes slightly, I find there
> is no problem with adjusting the subject, so everybody can see that
> the topic is different. But it still "belongs" to that thread, as it
> has started with the original threads topic.
For an evolving discussion, a new subject including "was:" is
appropriate and indicated, as I see it.
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Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
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> Im not talking about asking a question that is *not* related to the
> previous subject in a thread (aka hi-jacking).
hi-jacking pertains to changing the Subject to a NEW and perhaps
unrelated subject.
> But if the discussiontopic in a thread changes slightly, I find there
> is no problem with adjusting the subject, so everybody can see that
> the topic is different. But it still "belongs" to that thread, as it
> has started with the original threads topic.
For an evolving discussion, a new subject including "was:" is
appropriate and indicated, as I see it.
--
Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
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