Re: Re: MathGroup /: Descriptive headings
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg52075] Re: Re: MathGroup /: Descriptive headings
- From: "Peltio" <peltio at twilight.zone>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:37:54 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
"DrBob" wrote
>Yikes, that's complicated!! It collapses of its own weight, I think.
Well, I was not given the gift of synthesis, that's true : ))).
But the mechanism is not as complicated as it may at first seem.
Here's a sample of the mail to be sent to non complying users [1][2]:
______________________________________________
Dear Mathgroup User,
Posting to the MathGroup requires the use of a tag.
Please choose one among the following ten cathegories:
[Frontend] [Kernel] [I/O] [Programming] [Symbolics]
[Numerics] [Graphics] [Application] [Package] [Newbie]
(to see how to identify a category for your problem please visit
www.xxxxx.xx )
If you are still uncertain as to which category assign your post,
you could use the 'wildcard' tag:
[]
that allows other posters to add their own cathegorization.
Posts without a tag will be automatically tagged with [].
_____________________________________________
The site www.xxxxx.xx will give details on how to make a problem fit into a
certain category, and will instruct the user on how to add subcathegories.
The fact that subcathegories are only 'suggested' and can be 'user-defined'
makes this scheme almost free from coercion.
Posters who don't care to add a tag can still keep up with their attitude:
the wildcard [] is claiming only two characters and can also be used as a
filter for generic spam, and as a placeholder to avoid multiples Re:'s. [3]
But, as I said, I've yet to see a NG where tagging is carried out
consistently. I wonder if the Mathgroup would be such a group. : ]
cheers,
Peltio
[1] THe moderator could set up a bot to send this letter only once for each
e-mail.
[2] The cathegories are only tentative, here.
[3] A post like "RE: Re: R: Fw: [] I can't get it done" can be easily
coerced to "Re: [] I can't get it done". The room for the wildcard tag
is no more hassle than a double Re: