TBAY, Filks, combining posts, HBfile

[annemehr]

> A Goldfeesh:
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> The thing I see that takes up a ton of list volume is that hardly 
> anyone anymore (other than Catlady) combines posts. Instead of one 
> nice (though perhaps long) post, I see posters having 3 or 4 short 
> posts in row on different subjects.  Why can these not be combined?

Annemehr:

This is something I've always wondered about -- what exactly are all
the advantages and disadvantages of combining posts?  Combining is
presumably good for people who receive individual e-mails.  I don't
see that it makes any difference to those who receive daily digests. 
I read the list on webview by clicking message index and then expand
messages, so combining makes no difference to me.

On the other hand, combining posts makes the threading function
useless, which can sometimes be annoying, especially as the search
function doesn't work very well either.  Still, I suppose the only way
to have *all* the posts be threaded properly is for everyone to always
reply from webview, which is impractical for many.

Do several short posts take up much more room on the server than
combining them into one?  That might be a good reason to combine, even
if the threading function is lost.

> A Goldfeesh:
> This brings me to the (Not So)Humongous BigFile.  Tom Wall, in an 
> earlier post, pointed out that it didn't have much information about 
> canon in it any longer.  Nor does it have the examples of citing 
> like I believe it once did- I wish I would have kept an older copy 
> of it.  Plus, I noticed it was lacking (in section two) the bit 
> about combining posts that it used to have. This, I believe, should 
> be reinstated.

Annemehr:
I still have my copy from when I joined in Sept. '02.  If anyone wants
a copy of that version, just e-mail me (I'd just forward it to you, A
Goldfeesh, but I have a vision of your inbox full of HB files people
have sent, unbeknownst to me -- so you e-mail me too if you want mine,
okay?).
 
> A Goldfeesh:
> I would also like to suggest that (instead of redoing all the HB 
> again) the older version would be posted again for those who would 
> like to look through it and get more specific tips.  It contained 
> useful information that should not have just been trashed. The older 
> version could be more like guidelines, than the actual rules, 
> perhaps.

Ah, the Pirate's Code!
::wriggles in anticipation -- we're having movie night tomorrow!::

Annemehr
wishing she could find a poster of the moment Jack Sparrow realises
the Interceptor is coming after them in the Dauntless...