Re: *.answers Subject lines (Was: efficiency.)

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John Moulder (jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu)
Wed, 28 Sep 1994 14:24:28 -0600

> The Subject will be something like "Getting Started with NN" but I'd
> like to have something in the subject to indicate that it's a regular
> posting. Here are some possibilities:
>
> [a] Getting Started with NN (frequent posting)
> [b] Getting Started with NN (regular posting)
> [c] FAQ: Getting Started with NN

Common rule of indexing is to start with the most specific -- think of
someone trying to find this FAQ in a big *.answers newsgroup.

So IMHO (c) is very bad, and (a) and (b) are just so-so.

How about:
NN: Getting started FAQ (regular posting)

> But maybe "FAQ" has
> evolved to mean any frequent posting?

That's my impression. My FAQ is Q&A, but lots of other aren't. Putting
"FAQ" in is good, because many people will search a group they don't know for
that word.

John Moulder (jmoulder@its.mcw.edu)
Maintainer: FAQs on Powerlines & Cancer

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