Chris Turkel <zizban at adelphia.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:21:21 > > On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 06:36 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > [re: Chris' original formulation of Rule 2] > > The use of "only" in the first sentence confuses me. Do you mean that > > the subject header should consist *only* of the name of the book and > > chapters? That one should not attempt to separate threads by giving > > them distinct subjects? Or are you only saying *not* to put spoiler > > notices there? > It should have said "Only put the book or chapter(s) we are reading in > the subject. This can be whittled down to "Re:Teckla discussion of > Chapter four, page 4" That's not much better: It still sounds like the Subject can contain only the title and chapter. I've been advised that one should put the word "only" as near as possible to the thing it restricts, as that usually makes things clearer. Here's my suggested rewrite, with extra clarification: For the book we are discussing, put the title and/or chapters only in the Subject line; don't put them in the message body. (The Subject may, indeed probably should, contain additional information.) I also recommend a much more concise format, e.g. "Teckla ch4 p23" or even "Teckla:4:23", to make room for additional info. We might also want to abbreviate some titles, e.g. FHYA or 500YA instead of "Five Hundred Years After". - tky