From: Chad Perrin Date: 2006-01-05T18:04:08+09:00 Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Proposed new rule On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:43:00PM +0900, Ross Bamford wrote: > On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:52:37 -0000, Chad Perrin > wrote: > > >On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 07:39:32AM +0900, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > >>Justin Bishop writes: > >> > >>> I agree. using [SOLUTION] by itself makes sense. > >>> > >>> I like the idea of extending this concept further. Is it already a > >>> "recommendation" that new software announcements (or updates) have > >>> [ANN] in their subject line? > >>> > >>> How about [QUESTION] for people looking for programming help, as > >>well? ;o) > >> > >>... and then we can have [ANSWER] for the responses, not to mention > >>other things like [SUGGESTION], [RANT], [LANGUAGE-WAR], etc. And since > >>[OT] is already in use, for the sake of parity, we should also have > >>[ON-TOPIC]. :) > > > > . . or we could use [OT] for that, too, but it's a *different* [OT] > >than the [OT] used for off-topic stuff. Really it is. > > > > [^OT] ? > > Kinda works I guess. Maybe they should be switched though, since on-topic > is hopefully the common case and so should be quicker to type... . . . or [!OT]. -- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "A script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience." - Larry Wall