I don't think you need the bit about the hobbyist, it makes it somewhat 
more ambiguous. (see video of the guy who made his own vacuum tubes ;->)
Stuff with electrons in is a good place to start.

I think most people would be clever enough to be able to determine what 
would fit into EE and into some other Eng category.

Regarding the purists, make the default subscribe only to PIC and ADMIN.
opt in rather than out.


James Newton wrote:
> Good point. How about:
>
>  [EE] Electronic or Embedded Engineering only. It is ok for a post with [EE]
> to not be about a microcontroller, but it must be about something with
> electrons running around in it that a hobbyist could possibly build.
>
> --
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Jinx
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 15:38
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] Proposal: Add another tag
>
> Sounds good to me
>
>   
>> [EE] Electronic or Embedded Engineering only. Posts with [EE] may
>> not be about a microcontroller, but must include something with
>> electrons running around in it
>>
>> [OE] Other Engineering. Posts related to science, theories, technology,
>> or news. Don't use [OT] if it isn't techie
>>     
>
> BTW did you mean "Posts with [EE] may not *necessarily* be about
> a microcontroller" ?
>
> At first reading "may not" appeared to exclude any, eg non-PIC, micros
> although the "but must" hints at the intent
>
>   

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