Really clear subject lines

[Margaret Gerard <margaret%mailhost -at- TOSHIBA -dot- TIC -dot- OZ -dot- AU>]

The following was posted to the copyediting list by that list's administrator.
Maybe we could adopt the some of this set of subject tags (i.e we wouldn't need
the ones specific to copy editing).  This would help those of us who belong
to both lists.

What do you think, Eric?

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        From owner-COPYEDITING-L -at- cornell -dot- edu Wed Mar  8 07:42:50 1995
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        This message is posted once a month.

        Please use the following subject tags in the subject lines of your
        messages. Doing so will help make the list more useful and allow
        subscribers to read messages selectively. NOTE: If you're replying to a
        message, change the subject tag if the content of your message no longer
        matches the original subject tag.

        USAGE:  usage or grammar issue
        STYLE:  style issue
        ESSAY:  general thoughts on an editing topic
        JOURN:  newspaper-editing issue
        BOOKS:  reference book
        TOOLS:  editing tool that isn't a book
        WORK:   work-related issue (e.g., payment, horror story)
        JOB OP: employment opportunity
        HUMOR:  humorous editing chat
        TRIVIA: bit of knowledge only an editor would want
        QUERY:  question that doesn't fit a subject tag


        **** For limited use ****
        CHAT:   discussion loosely related to editing
        ATTN:   message for a specific person (use only if you can't
                send it to the person's e-mail address)
        PROT:   (PROTOCOL) comment on how the list should be used
                (consider sending it to the listowner first)
        HELP:   reserved for seeking help from the listowner
                (send message to the listowner)


        **** Banned from use ****
        ADMIN:  (reserved for the listowner's use)
        FLAME:  (send message directly to intended recipient)


        Beth Goelzer Lyons, Copyediting-L listowner
        bgl1 -at- cornell -dot- edu




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Cheers,
Margaret Gerard