Hmmm, I look at those "newbie" messages quite attentively due to the fact
that's just what they sound like in the Subject line and that means "Help!"
to me.  The very informative subject lines can almost seem self explanatory
(no need to read message) when not having a word like "asking" or "what" or
maybe even "if".
I don't mean to be getting in the way of a good concept there, ie
informative subject lines, but this is also practically a deadend to even
try to convey.  Any new users of anything aren't likely to have this idea
stapled to their foreheads.  Thank goodness for intermediate learners, now
that's where you have a chance of seeing progress (ha.... sorry, funny
somehow).

Bob

Ron Parker <par### [at] fwicom> wrote in message
news:37f12692@news.povray.org...
> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:06:59 +0200, Roy Schulz wrote:
> >When posting questions it is better to use an informative subject that
> >introduces the question, e.g. "problem with media" or "how to create
motion
> >blur?"
>
> I would say "problem with media" isn't even descriptive enough - describe
> the problem briefly.  When I see "problem with media" I don't know if
you're
> talking about not knowing how to use media, a specific question about an
> obscure media-related parameter, a potential bug in POV's implementation
of
> media, or an off-topic rant about the ethics of journalists in the age of
> the newsmagazine.

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