I would like to echo Jon Leslie's comments on topical topic lines. There are a few amongst us who do this, it is annoying, hard to read, and confusing at times.
I know I have been guilty of not posting a proper topic line, but I have learned from that, and try to post with a more descriptive topic.
I just want to make it easy for me to find the topic back when I know I can use a few keywords.
1) if its an off topic the first 3 letters of the subject should be "OT:"
2) if the post is about a model, the type of model should be in the subject, for example if your looking for a Mercedes Benz 500sel, a good subject line would be: "Looking for Mercedes Benz Car"
3) If your looking for a model, the word "looking" should be in the subject along with the type of model . 4) If you found a model for download that is free, the words "free download" should be in the subject along with type of model.
5) If you found a model for download but its costs money the words "pay download" should be ...
6) If your pointing out a new website, picture, and no downloads are available, the words "no downloads" should be ...
7) and the big one. If you need help with something PUT SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE SUBJECT. DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT put as the title "I have a question" as the sole subject. " I need help with something", "Just a thought", "New Model", "new model available" are just as bad. I get 200 emails a day with those subjects. I don't have the time to open them all, to find out if I can help/or I"m interested. I only open ones that have a subject that I think I know something about. For example if your having trouble printing on 3x5 index cards, a good subject would be "question about printing on small paper"
Look at it this way, not reading an email because the subject line doesn't tell you enough is really no different than not reading emails with subject lines that do not interest you or that you feel you can't give input about. So either way, you're screening what you have time to read.
-----Original Message----- From: jleslie48 <j...@jonathanleslie.com> To: Papermodels II <Papermodels@googlegroups.com> Sent: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:22:10 -0800 Subject: [Papermodels II 986] Re: Call/Request for Topical Topic Lines
basic guidelines:
1) if its an off topic the first 3 letters of the subject should be "OT:"
2) if the post is about a model, the type of model should be in the subject, for example if your looking for a Mercedes Benz 500sel, a good subject line would be: "Looking for Mercedes Benz Car"
3) If your looking for a model, the word "looking" should be in the subject along with the type of model . 4) If you found a model for download that is free, the words "free download" should be in the subject along with type of model.
5) If you found a model for download but its costs money the words "pay download" should be ...
6) If your pointing out a new website, picture, and no downloads are available, the words "no downloads" should be ...
7) and the big one. If you need help with something PUT SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE SUBJECT. DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT put as the title "I have a question" as the sole subject. " I need help with something", "Just a thought", "New Model", "new model available" are just as bad. I get 200 emails a day with those subjects. I don't have the time to open them all, to find out if I can help/or I"m interested. I only open ones that have a subject that I think I know something about. For example if your having trouble printing on 3x5 index cards, a good subject would be "question about printing on small paper"
> Look at it this way, not reading an email because the subject line > doesn't tell you enough is really no different than not reading emails > with subject lines that do not interest you or that you feel you can't > give input about. So either way, you're screening what you have time to > read.
Yes, it is the same for those two cases, but those are not all the possibilities. Of all the posts with poor subject lines that Jon screens out, *some* of those may have been about something Jon *could* (and would) have helped with. Jon is saying that he would like to help or comment on as many posts as he can but that there are too many to "manually" sort through (i.e. by reading every single post)
SteveM ====== < http://www.HomespunMagixx.com > And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables.
On 1/27/06, Steve Marshall <steve.b.marsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it is the same for those two cases, but those are not all the > possibilities. Of all the posts with poor subject lines that Jon > screens out, *some* of those may have been about something Jon *could* > (and would) have helped with. Jon is saying that he would like to help > or comment on as many posts as he can but that there are too many to > "manually" sort through (i.e. by reading every single post)
> SteveM > ====== > < http://www.HomespunMagixx.com > > And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat lots of > fresh vegetables.
> On 1/27/06, Steve Marshall <steve.b.marsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, it is the same for those two cases, but those are not all the > > possibilities. Of all the posts with poor subject lines that Jon > > screens out, *some* of those may have been about something Jon *could* > > (and would) have helped with. Jon is saying that he would like to help > > or comment on as many posts as he can but that there are too many to > > "manually" sort through (i.e. by reading every single post)
> > SteveM > > ====== > > < http://www.HomespunMagixx.com > > > And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat lots of > > fresh vegetables.
OR unless you never get online (or rarely are able to) and you get them all on email... :) What makes it REALLY exciting is that I get most of them out of order, so it makes for some exciting deciphering most of the time. deb :)
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:25:07 -0800 Mike Hungerford <chthu...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1) if its an off topic the first 3 letters of the subject should be > "OT:"
> 2) if the post is about a model, the type of model should be in the > subject, for example if your looking for a Mercedes Benz 500sel, a good > subject line would be: "Looking for Mercedes Benz Car"
> 3) If your looking for a model, the word "looking" should be in the > subject along with the type of model > . > 4) If you found a model for download that is free, the words "free > download" should be in the subject along with type of model.
> 5) If you found a model for download but its costs money the words "pay > download" should be ...
> 6) If your pointing out a new website, picture, and no downloads are > available, the words "no downloads" should be ...
> 7) and the big one. If you need help with something PUT SOMETHING > ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE SUBJECT. DO NOT, > REPEAT, DO NOT put as the title "I have a question" as the sole > subject. " I need help with something", "Just a thought", "New Model", > "new model available" are just as bad. I get 200 emails a day with > those subjects. I don't have the time to open them all, to find out if > I can help/or I"m interested. I only open ones that have a subject > that I think I know something about. For example if your having > trouble printing on 3x5 index cards, a good subject would be "question > about printing on small paper"
> Ok I'm done.
> - Jon
Just for the record, while Jon's suggestions are all valid, and while making one's subject lines relevant is *always* a good idea, no one will be shot for not doing so here. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels
> Just for the record, while Jon's suggestions are all valid, and while > making one's subject lines relevant is *always* a good idea, no one > will be shot for not doing so here. :-) > -- > Mike Hungerford > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels
> 1) if its an off topic the first 3 letters of the subject should be > "OT:"
> 2) if the post is about a model, the type of model should be in the > subject, for example if your looking for a Mercedes Benz 500sel, a good > subject line would be: "Looking for Mercedes Benz Car"
> 3) If your looking for a model, the word "looking" should be in the > subject along with the type of model > . > 4) If you found a model for download that is free, the words "free > download" should be in the subject along with type of model.
> 5) If you found a model for download but its costs money the words "pay > download" should be ...
> 6) If your pointing out a new website, picture, and no downloads are > available, the words "no downloads" should be ...
> 7) and the big one. If you need help with something PUT SOMETHING > ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE SUBJECT. DO NOT, > REPEAT, DO NOT put as the title "I have a question" as the sole > subject. " I need help with something", "Just a thought", "New Model", > "new model available" are just as bad. I get 200 emails a day with > those subjects. I don't have the time to open them all, to find out if > I can help/or I"m interested. I only open ones that have a subject > that I think I know something about. For example if your having > trouble printing on 3x5 index cards, a good subject would be "question > about printing on small paper"
> Ok I'm done.
> - Jon
Just for the record, while Jon's suggestions are all valid, and while making one's subject lines relevant is *always* a good idea, no one will be shot for not doing so here. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels like in Pirates of the carribean, "more like guidelines than rules."
