This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/5002.3.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: <<It is editable for the same reason posts are moveable. >> I could see that, if it were *only* editable in admin mode - like the "move" feature is only available to admins. Just as the "Message" box is not editable by admins, if changing the subject **by the POSTER** was not allowed, it would not be an option. For example. THIS thread, is not "thank you for your thoughts" any longer. Another example. Query for information on John and Jane Doe has 7 replies by local volunteers. Your way would be like this with post content in [brackets]: --John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[query] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[obituary] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[obituary] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[marriage announcement] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[cemetery listing] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[obituary] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[obituary] --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[newspaper article] However, the following is more informative to ALL users: --John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915 --**John Doe (1862-1912) --**Jane Roe Doe (1865-1915) --**Mary Doe and John Smith --**Doe family in the local cemetery --**Mary Doe Smith (1882-1941) --**John Smith (1869-1931) --**John Doe owned "Whatsit Company" Some of us are lucky enough to have volunteers who look up MORE than the original poster asked for (i.e. everything they can find on that family) and DO change the subject to reflect the content of the post. I would HATE to see every one of those replies have "Re: The Original Subject". Brynne

Below is not how I'd do it. Instead, I would keep the "root" (the beginning) of the subject. John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[query] re: John and Jane Doe - John Doe (1862-1912) re: John and Jane Doe - Jane Roe Doe (1865-1915) re: John and Jane Doe - Mary Doe and John Smith (Note: IF it was clear these were not related, I'd change it to --- re: John and Jane Doe - my Mary Doe and John Smith ot re: John and Jane Doe - are they related to Mary Doe and John Smith (ASSUMING here that the poster asked the question) re: John and Jane Doe - Doe family in the local cemetery re: John and Jane Doe - Mary Doe Smith (1882-1941) re: John and Jane Doe - John Smith (1869-1931) re: John and Jane Doe - John Doe owned "Whatsit Company" The assumption is that ALL the posts had to do with John and Jane Doe. IF the thread changed and it was impossible to break it, I might have: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[query] re: John and Jane Doe - John Doe (1862-1912) re: John and Jane Doe - Jane Roe Doe (1865-1915) (note no Re:) John Michael Doe, next door to Whatsit County *re: John and Jane Doe - Mary Doe and John Smith (Note: IF it was clear these were not related, I'd change it to --- re: John and Jane Doe - my Mary Doe and John Smith or re: John and Jane Doe - are they related to Mary Doe and John Smith? (ASSUMING here that the poster asked the question) *re: John and Jane Doe - Doe family in the local cemetery *re: John and Jane Doe - Mary Doe Smith (1882-1941) *re: John and Jane Doe - John Smith (1869-1931) *re: John and Jane Doe - John Doe owned "Whatsit Company" ALL the ones marked with * are fully linked to the first reply, and I've determined it cannot be broken. I think the bottom line here is, everyone has a different "eye" and "feel" for how the subjects within posts change, drift, alter, add in new names, new data, all about the same basic "family". Boards are like making an outline for a term paper. As long as point "a, b, c, d, e" all link to Major Point #1, they create a thread. When "c" alters drastically from Major Point #1, it needs a totaly new subject line without the re: -- or if at all possible, it needs to be moved to its own thread. No, the string below is not how I would do my thread (comment by Judy) > Another example. Query for information on John and Jane Doe has 7 replies > by local volunteers. Your way would be like this with post content in > [brackets]: > --John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915........[query] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[obituary] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[obituary] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[marriage announcement] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[cemetery listing] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[obituary] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[obituary] > --** Re: John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County > 1880-1915........[newspaper article] > > However, the following is more informative to ALL users: > --John and Jane Doe lived in Whatsit County 1880-1915 > --**John Doe (1862-1912) > --**Jane Roe Doe (1865-1915) > --**Mary Doe and John Smith > --**Doe family in the local cemetery > --**Mary Doe Smith (1882-1941) > --**John Smith (1869-1931) > --**John Doe owned "Whatsit Company" > > Some of us are lucky enough to have volunteers who look up MORE than the > original poster asked for (i.e. everything they can find on that family) > and DO change the subject to reflect the content of the post. I would HATE > to see every one of those replies have "Re: The Original Subject". > > Brynne -- ~PRIMARY NAMES: ANTHONY, BAKER, FLOWERS, LANE, SEPTER~ Washington Co PA free Websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~florian http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian County Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/ Send mail to washington.co.pa.webmaster"AT"gmail.com Researchers of Washington County PA, join our map: http://www.frappr.com/researchingwashingtoncopa Steve Irwin Warriors please sign map at: http://www.frappr.com/steveirwinwarriors