Re: Current Density?

["L. R. Cartwright (Larry)" <physics@SCNC.CPS.K12.MI.US>]

On Sat, 1 May 1999, brian whatcott wrote:
> I advocate that contributors rename a thread's subject line as soon
> as they sense a cognitive dissonance between the title and (in my case)
> the ensuing divagation.

I hope we will be cautious about this.  I have seen this get out of hand
on other lists.  You get people who have to give almost every reply a new
subject line, or who are constantly changing the name of a thread as it
progresses, and it quickly gets really confusing trying to follow the
thread.  Especially if you are in an archive trying to follow a thread
back to its origin.

Personally I think we are better off with a thread whose name no longer
precisely describes its content than we are with a broken thread.  Fewer
subject lines are better.

If a thread *branches*, then it makes really good sense to do some
judicious renaming.

Best wishes,

Larry

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