Caisson suggested [OT](description) as a possible.  General idea was to
have one or two consistent "keys" .
None for anything truly pic related, another for technical but not
necessarily pic related, and a third for anything not technical.  Keeps the
filters to a minimum.  Adding a new filter every time someone comes up with
a new (description) defeats the purpose.  Although adding a description to
one of the three keys is not a bad idea--I think we call it the "subject"

I think Adam has come up with a good working guideline--any way to adopt
it, or something like it as "official" policy so we can be consistent?
Kelly



At 10:45 AM 8/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm used to
>
>[OT] for things that the majority of the list would probably have an interest
>in, but don't apply directly to the 'charter' of the list
>
>[WOT] for things which have spurred off of another thread, which many in the
>list are participating in, but are not even related to anything close to the
>list charter.
>
>A new thread would never start out [wot], but could start out [ot].  If
only two
>people are still participating in a [wot] topic, they should continue
privately,
>but if several are participating then there shouldn't be a problem with
allowing
>this forum for it - as long as it doesn't go for _too_ long...
>
>-Adam

>> Greetings all:
>> Just wanted to toss an idea out and see if anyone salutes:
>>
>> [OT] is used, in theory, to identify things that are "Off Topic" for this
>> list.  As has been pointed out, there are OT topics that are technical and
>> pertinent to the list in one way or another, and other topics that are
>> truly non-technical.
>>
>> How about [TOT] or some such for "Technical, but Off Topic" and [NOT] for
>> "Not Technical, and way Off Topic"?
>>
>> Would let all of us set our filters with a reasonable chance of getting the
>> good technical OT stuff like the discussion on SMD soldering techniques.
>>
>> Kelly
>>
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