____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 27 June 2007 13:08 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Jamie Hart on Wednesday 27 June 2007 11:06 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> news:2096327.IIo6XZ01cH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>>
>>>> ____/ AB on Wednesday 27 June 2007 01:26 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On 2007-06-26, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>>> ____/ Linonut on Tuesday 26 June 2007 12:49 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't think you need to [Linux] tag Linux stories.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're right. I have the habit of leaving out the tags when it's
>>>>>> hard to decide which theme it suits. I'll drop the Linux tag, I
>>>>>> guess, making it an 'implied'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I think they could all go.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't recall what exactly started you using them, but I strongly
>>>>> suspect it was either directly or indirectly caused by the griping of
>>>>> trolls.* To /hell/ with what they do or don't want!
>>>>>
>>>>> * For example, Timmy, who bitch(ed|es); Hardon, who bitch(ed|es);
>>>>> Ewik, who bitch(ed|es); so on.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, blame the trolls, I guess.
>>>>
>>> Hey! I resent that.
>>>
>>> You added the suplementary tags because, while I (and others, I can't
>>> remember who) like to see linux news, I don't want to read stuff about
>>> Microsoft or windows.
>>>
>>> Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, you can get rid of everything except
>>> the [rival] tag. I still filter on that.
>>
>> Yeah, I remembered this seconds after I had posted the previous message. It
>> was actually something that was intended to help separate types of posts.
>> I'll do just that then...
>>
>
> I don't know what effort it takes you to do this, but personally, I
> rather like the tags. It gives me a feel before I go in regarding what
> I'm going to get.
I think that they introduce a problem but making the subject lines long
(leading to truncation in some mail clients). One thing they sometimes help
with is context. If a subject line turns from:
Slax y.y and AntiX x.x Released
To
[Linux] Slax y.y and AntiX x.x Released
Then it becomes clearer to those less familiar with Linux that these are
probably distributions.
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