Force new topics to have a subject line

PJMonty

To help the willfully clueless who seem unable to grasp the concept of a subject line, how about having the forum refuse to accept a new forum topic unless it has a subject line? This will prevent moderators from having to tell people to "use the pencil icon", which only further confuses the already confused.

Thanks,
PeterM

Chris Savage

Peter,

That has been a wish for a long time. The current software does not support this feature, however we are looking into this. Take care.

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Chris Savage

Parallax Engineering
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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Peter,

This has been suggested. I even mentioned once that, if it couldn't be forced, the default subject line should be changed from, "(No subject)" to, "The poster didn't care enough to include a subject, so this thread is probably not worth reading," or somesuch. But the problem, as I understand it, is that the forum software is a bit brittle and that making any small change would be like pulling a loose thread on a sweater.

-Phil

SRLM

Personally, if a subject line couldn't be forced, then I would like a variable subject line where no subject was there for a day or so, then it switched to something like Phil said. Usually when I forget a subject (most often in email) it's because I am concentrating on the body so much that I forget the subject.

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Moskog

If I see a post with the No Subject, I always open that post because I'm getting very curious on what that new thread contains...

Jim Ewald

We found a way to locate the wayward threads. Josh is correcting all of the threads that have missing subjects. That doesn't fix the problem but it masks the symptoms quite well.

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Jim

Parallax IT Dept.