Subject Headings

[plinsenmayer]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5838
From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Subject Headings
Date: 8/5/00 10:51 am  (ET)

Hi:

It occurred to me later this morning that we should probably all make
a better effort to be sure that our subject headings match up with what
we're going to talk about in the message. It's very easy to keep hitting
"Reply" and so what started out as a discussion of Hagrid's wand ends
up devolving into casting Hagrid in the movie.

Using proper subject headings will have several advantages:

1. *I* can delete all the ones that say "Casting"

2. It keeps the "discussion threads" distinguishable. So, if someone
thinks that the whole discussion of the wizarding economy is completely
"overboard," they can just delete or skip messages that say "Wizarding
Economy" in the subject line.

I think it would also be helpful if people could make an effort to keep
it largely one subject per message. Yahoo has some space limitations
anyway. I know this means more messages, but while I might be very
interested in reading someone's theories about wand materials, if it's
buried in a message that started out with some casting suggestions,
I'll likely have deleted it way before I get to the part about the
wand materials.

Just a friendly suggestion!

Penny