Janet Kruger wrote: > > BUT thats the thing it was the chosen subject wasnt changed, I > continued on > with what the previous admin did. > > If the posts were John q. Public married Joanna Kostachowsk in > Smithville > 1918 Just about perfect, IMHO > > Made it Public, Johnq -m- Kostachowski, Joanna - 1918 smithville, KS Ack! Janet, are you saying that you edit the subject line so that it reads surname first, then first name? If you did that to one of my posts, I'd hunt you down! Maybe that's why the previous admin no longer has that board. > > > and if its an Obit. OBIT: Public, John, > or Biography. BIO: Public, John Q > Cemetery CEM: Public, John q > > I have seen this done on many boards other the Rootsweb and it helps > elimate unwanted looks and easier searching. It wasnt that anything was > deleted. Unless it was in the post already. And you add "OBIT" or "BIO" in all caps at the beginning of the subject line? That's unnecessary -- that's what the classifications are for -- plus it's very distracting from the subject itself. I beg you to stop. Lynne

----- Original Message ----- From: <lklein@mindspring.com> To: <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [BAd] Help Question > Janet Kruger wrote: > > Made it Public, Johnq -m- Kostachowski, Joanna - 1918 smithville, KS > > > Ack! Janet, are you saying that you edit the subject line so that it > reads surname first, then first name? If you did that to one of my > posts, I'd hunt you down! Maybe that's why the previous admin no > longer has that board. > > > and if its an Obit. OBIT: Public, John, > > or Biography. BIO: Public, John Q > > Cemetery CEM: Public, John q > > > > I have seen this done on many boards other the Rootsweb and it helps > > elimate unwanted looks and easier searching. It wasnt that anything was > > deleted. Unless it was in the post already. > > And you add "OBIT" or "BIO" in all caps at the beginning of the subject > line? That's unnecessary -- that's what the classifications are for -- > plus it's very distracting from the subject itself. > > I beg you to stop. > > Lynne AMEN and AMEN. In fact, I do exactly the opposite - I arrange all names in forename>surname order and remove extra words from the subject line that are covered by the categories. Sharyn

I've actually had many thank me for doing it. Many havent On 7/22/06, lklein@mindspring.com <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Janet Kruger wrote: > > > > > BUT thats the thing it was the chosen subject wasnt changed, I > > continued on > > with what the previous admin did. > > > > If the posts were John q. Public married Joanna Kostachowsk in > > Smithville > > 1918 > > > Just about perfect, IMHO > > > > > Made it Public, Johnq -m- Kostachowski, Joanna - 1918 smithville, KS > > > Ack! Janet, are you saying that you edit the subject line so that it > reads surname first, then first name? If you did that to one of my > posts, I'd hunt you down! Maybe that's why the previous admin no > longer has that board. > > I dont see anything wrong with it its neat and Ive seen it done on may > boards. But Ill guess Ill Mess up the boards again. If you think its > ackward. I knew the admin she couldnt handle it anymore cause of personal > problems. > > > And you add "OBIT" or "BIO" in all caps at the beginning of the subject > line? That's unnecessary -- that's what the classifications are for -- > plus it's very distracting from the subject itself. > > I dont see how its distracting. Ive had MANY on almost all the boards > email me to say thank you and that it helps they dont have to go through > each and everyone.