From: Warren Brown <warrenbrown@...>
Date: 2006-01-04T07:23:01+09:00
Subject: [QUIZ] Proposed new rule

> The three rules of Ruby Quiz:
>
> 1.  Please do not post any solutions or spoiler
> discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have passed
> from the time on this message.
>
> 2.  Support Ruby Quiz by submitting ideas as often
> as you can:
>
> http://www.rubyquiz.com/
>
> 3.  Enjoy!

    I'd like to propose a new rule (1.5?):

Please flag all submissions and discussions of quizzes by starting the
subject with the string "[QUIZ]".

    I really enjoy following the discussions of the different quizzes
even though I rarely have time to do them anymore.  But in a 100 to 200
message per day mailing list, it is easy to miss a submission or a
discussion when the subject line doesn't indicate that it is
quiz-related.  Apparently I am not the only person having this problem,
as illustrated by one of the RRobots submissions being missed last week.

    This doesn't seem like it would be a particularly burdensome rule,
and it would make things a lot easier to follow.

    If we want to get really bold, the rule could also ask people
submitting solutions to start the subject with "[QUIZ][SOLUTION]" :o)

    Thoughts?

    - Warren Brown