From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2006-08-24T22:04:46+09:00
Subject: Re: META: Ruby Talk Noise/Signal

The problem is that a thread can move in and out of several of those 
categories without becoming off topic. It is unlikely that people will 
change the prefix so the prefixes will become useless
as an indicator as to what the thread or part of the thread is about. It 
could start in CORE, move through CORELIB, STDLIB and LIB, perhaps touch 
on NEWLIB and will undoubtedly contain vast quantities of MISC.

How will the OP being CORE help the signal to noise ratio?

For it to work would require each and every poster to use the tags in 
the same way and update the subject lines as the thread progresses. 
Whilst we're at it I'd like a pony :)

I see that there will be very little payback for the effort involved and 
will lead to much flaming of people getting the tags wrong or missing 
them off.